More than 47,000 people enjoyed a peaceful and smoothly-run night at Eden Park, even though tensions were high until the final minute of the All Blacks-England test.

Plans to make grieving families apply for permission to scatter their loved ones' ashes in public have been labelled crass and insensitive.

The real culprits in the damage caused by excessive alcohol consumption are the alcohol producers and distributors and the off-licence retail outlets, writes Peter Lyons.

Meridian Energy's Wellington head office continues to win awards for its green credentials nearly seven years after it was completed.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown supports a $1 hourly fee rise for central city parking, which he wants his council's transport arm to line up against a region-wide parking strategy.

Megatron could be the newest nickname for Hamilton if public and council reaction to new tongue-in-cheek billboards at the entrances to the city are anything to go by.

A New Zealander who has come home after heading the Salvation Army in Pakistan says prohibition never works, but more restrictions can reduce the harm from drugs and alcohol.

A decade-long focus on energy efficiency by Kapiti Coast District Council was recognised this week with the council named winner in the community and public sector categories.

Car window washers who cause a nuisance have been put out of action by Auckland Council's new public safety and nuisance rules which came into force today.

The Auckland Council has money for the Parnell cathedral and Lopdell House in Titirangi but no money to upgrade marae.

The mother of trainee teacher would often worry her son would get into trouble on a night out, and today his killer was jailed for two years and four months.

The privatisation of public space should have a better justification than helping the adjacent property owner fulfil a development dream, writes Brian Rudman.

Over recent months, Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse has found herself advocating for a major change in the legal status of marijuana, writes Brian Rudman.

A handful of Auckland pensioners have stopped developers in their tracks.

Seaplanes, America's Cup yacht charters and the Auckland Harbour Bridge SkyPath are among forecast visitor experiences tipped to boost the city's tourism income.

An Auckland-wide surveillance network of CCTV cameras is being stitched together as the forerunner of a national system which could include facial recognition technology.

Last year's defeated Auckland mayoral candidate is not ruling out another tilt at the mayoral chains.

Cyclists say major urban routes around Auckland should be the focus for the council to improve its "dangerous and inadequate" cycling infrastructure.

Finance Minister Bill English has paid tribute to frontline public servants for helping to get the Govt books back in surplus for the first time in six years.

It could soon be harder to get a drink late at night in Auckland - but hospitality bosses have labelled it a 'draconian' step backwards.

You might think Bill English wanted to crow from the rooftops about the surplus he is about to unveil in Thursday's Budget. Instead, he's cool about it.

The investigator probing Auckland Mayor Len Brown's tryst with his mistress in the council's Ngati Whatua room was concerned the security guard who'd walked in on the lovers was muzzled.

Ratepayers face a legacy of debt as council borrowing soars to replace creaking assets and cater for growth, while keeping rates down.

If the hike in your rates bill seems less of a leap this year, enjoy it while you can.

Two Dunedin gangs - once at war - have come together to ask Dunedin's council to give them a contract mowing the city's grass.

Mystery businessmen want to replace the Cloud with commercial buildings. In exchange they'd upgrade the ferry terminal and transform the harbourfront 'pigsty'.

Sometimes, good fortune arrives disguised as disaster. That's what happened on Karangahape Rd in central Auckland.

Speed controls on Auckland's new electric trains are overriding their drivers to make them slower than the diesel clunkers they are replacing for $520 million.

Sitting in the plush boardroom of her 14th floor office in the heart of Auckland's CBD, Mai Chen is talking up Auckland.