Auckland Mayor Len Brown has conceded the first he knew about two wharf extensions at the Ports of Auckland was from the Herald.

For younger readers, Sambo's story may need some introduction, writes Peter Calder. Published in 1899, it was the first book of Edinburgh-born Helen Bannerman, who spent much of her life in southern India.

Ports of Auckland plans to build two large extensions at the end of Bledisloe Wharf. So what's all the fuss? We explain it here.

A multimillion-dollar contract to build two finger wharves at Ports of Auckland is up in the air because of legal and political manoeuvres.

The port's plans for expansion into the Waitemata will irrevocably ruin the connection between the central city and the harbour, writes Greg McKeown.

How many good ideas has Auckland lost because of council's lack of enthusiasm?

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has stepped up a war of words with Ports of Auckland, accusing port bosses of keeping the council in the dark about two huge wharf extensions.

Plans for Auckland Transport's ambitious $2.4 billion City Rail Link project are gathering speed, as it secures more real estate along the route.

Heads could roll over Ports of Auckland expansion plans, according to a senior Auckland Council source.

Cars may be squeezed out of Auckland's main street as the city's transport authority looks to modern trams to move growing throngs of commuters.

Auckland Council has told Ports of Auckland to stop work on two wharf extensions or face the "thermonuclear" option.

Auckland Council has formally asked Ports of Auckland to halt construction of two massive wharf extensions.

A marine reserve around Waiheke Island beaches could lead to the kind of crowding that occurs at Goat Island, residents opposed to the plan say.

Auckland Council is chasing unpaid rates of $300,595.02 on eight properties and court action has begun to result in forced sales.

Our efforts to minimise our impact aren't enough for some. Now there must be no expansion and there are calls to move the port, somewhere, anywhere, writes Tony Gibson.

Half the 7375 dogs impounded in Auckland were destroyed in 2013-14 after being unclaimed by their owners and deemed unsuitable for adoption.

Ports of Auckland is not ruling out a pause in construction on two massive wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

Prime Minister John Key says losing Northland in yesterday's byelection was disappointing but he was "pretty philosophical" about it.

Winston Peters' victory is an astonishing achievement. He cleaned out National. He cleaned out Labour, writes Rodney Hide.

NZ First leader Winston Peters has delivered National a humiliating bloodied nose in the Northland byelection, with a majority of 4,012 votes after the counting.

Provincial New Zealand wants to shake down the Government for some of the largesse offered to Northland with its byelection promise of new bridges galore.

Urban Auckland has taken the first legal steps to stop Ports of Auckland beginning construction on two massive wharf extensions next month.

What a madcap couple of months. The Northland byelection campaign has had all the infantile pranking, ill-discipline and personal baggage of an Auckland airport carousel at Maadi Cup time. Here, from....

Auckland Mayor Len Brown today walked out of a council meeting following a stoush with councillor Cathy Casey over port expansion.

Ports are the cutting edge of an economy, writes Mike Hosking. Yes, containers piled high look ugly, and they may well block the view of the apartment overlooking them, but they're money.

Treated sewage from Hamilton is discharged into the Waikato River near Hamilton, and much further down, Auckland City is taking water, writes Sam Judd.

Since the early days of European settlement, Auckland politicians have been dreaming up ways of dumping spoil in the harbour to create more land.

The Salvation Army says it felt pressured into carrying out expensive, time-consuming research on buying unwanted state houses because the Government repeatedly referred to the charity as a likely buyer.