Editorial: If Ports of Auckland was on the sharemarket, it would not be still enraging Aucklanders with these bids for more of the harbour.

A new port battle has erupted after Ports of Auckland flagged fresh plans for a 65m expansion.

Shippers have given the thumbs down to one finding from the Port Future Study - that Auckland's next major port could be sited in the Manukau Harbour.

Ports of Auckland could be moved to a new "super port" in the Manukau Harbour or the Firth of Thames at a cost of $4 billion to $5.5 billion.

Sources say a long-awaited report into the future of Ports of Auckland is recommending a 25m extension into Waitemata Harbour.

COMMENT: Is a downtown port in the biggest city the best use of the nation's most valuable real estate?

Phil Goff is promising to move the city's port and turn the waterfront land into upmarket residential, high-value commercial and public spaces.

The Ports of Auckland must be moved for the growth and prosperity of the city, say three mayoral candidates.

Car imports should be moved from Auckland to Northport at Marsden Pt, says Ports of Tauranga boss Mark Cairns.

Port of Tauranga felt the chill wind of a commodities downturn in its result for the year to June 30, posting a modest 1 per cent improvement in net profit to $79.1 million.

The protest group set up to halt wharf extensions is upset at being excluded from a study into the wider impact of the ports on the city.

The $1.3b megaship Ovation of the Seas has been confirmed to visit next year but in Auckland passengers may have to be ferried from the ship to shore in small boats.

Let's get rid of the single use plastic, reducing the amount of rubbish we are sending on diesel-hungry boats, writes Sam Judd. It would stop the harbour from filling up with plastic and possibly the extended port.

For the cruise sector, there are no alternative ports, writes Chris Roberts. Passengers want to come to Auckland and spend their money enjoying the sights and activities of our biggest city.

Chairman appears to have put his job on the line by digging in against council pressure to stop extending Bledisloe Wharf into the Waitemata Harbour.

Ports of Auckland's work on two massive wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour is proceeding despite public protests and a political call to halt work.

The present city administration's desire to keep politics out of council affairs plays right into the hands of the bureaucrats, the powerful, and "council-controlled organisations", writes Brian Rudman.

A legal challenge to the lawfulness of two wharf extensions in the Waitemata Harbour by Ports of Auckland will be heard in June.

Owners of a new generation mega cruise ship heading for New Zealand say they welcome plans by Ports of Auckland to extend its container wharves.

Ovation is still being built at a shipyard in Germany and when finished will be 348m long and 168,666 gross registered tonnes.

Several councillors have leapt to the defence of Ports of Auckland, the council-owned company facing public and political pressure to halt work on two new wharf extensions into the Waitemata Harbour.

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

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

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.

Ports of Auckland is planning an offensive this week to sell its expansion plans to Aucklanders, using the carrot of releasing Captain Cook Wharf for public use.

The majority of Auckland councillors now want a rethink on the controversial proposed expansion of the port.