Embattled Len Brown faced hecklers today during his first public appearance of the year.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown will make his first public appearance of the year tomorrow at the opening of the $17.5 million transport interchange at Panmure.

Shan Inglis is now in the sights of Wellington man Graham McCready, who is considering laying a private prosecution against her over her husband's hotel upgrades and freebies.

Charging documents for the private prosecution against embattled Auckland Mayor Len Brown have now been delivered to the city's district court.

Auckland's embattled mayor has a new date - with a courtroom - as a private prosecution is brought against him today for accepting hotel freebies.

The mayoral office is working on ways to rebuild Len Brown's shattered reputation after his sex scandal.

Broadcaster Willie Jackson is taking legal action after failing to secure one of two urban Maori positions on the Independent Maori Statutory Board.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is lying low and refusing to say exactly when he will resume public duties after his sex scandal, undeclared hotel stays and censure.

A fundraising concert for opponents of a planned Waiheke Island marina has been lauded as "Woodstock without the nakedness" by organiser John Hawkesby.

The Herald has walked the docks to catalogue the opulent visitors to the City of Sails.

The NZ Herald has today called for Len Brown to stand down, after it was revealed he failed to declare free hotel rooms and upgrades. But what do New Zealanders think?

Auckland Mayor Len Brown could face a vote of no-confidence tomorrow, with a quarter of the city's councillors proposing the motion.

Auckland mayor has said he is copping "a fair old whack around the ears" this "annus horribilis" and repeated his failure to declare hotel freebies was 'a lack of clarity' on his part,

The affair and apologies are one thing, but lax accountability over grace, favour and entitlements leave the mayor little chance of regaining Aucklanders' respect.

Mayor Len Brown has lost a firm grip on the Super City after an unprecedented message from councillors yesterday - and a call from one of them to resign.

Auckland councillors have agreed to censure Mayor Len Brown after a five-hour meeting today to decide how to punish him over fallout from his sex scandal.

When Jack Linklater retired 25 years ago, moving to Auckland seemed the obvious choice.

Ensuring Auckland copes with growth and has enough offices, apartments and shops is one of the biggest challenges the city faces.

A council bylaw making the wearing of lifejackets compulsory on small boats is about the changing face of Auckland, says Watersafe Auckland chief executive Sandra Harrop.

Seafarers of the world have found a warm welcome at the waterfront centre for more than a century.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is pressing ahead with a living wage for council workers after promising voters two months ago he would first assess its feasibility.

Tower cranes have once again begun to bristle on Auckland's skyline as the construction sector hits better times.

Len Brown has written to the seven council-controlled organisations that together run the business side of the Super City, reminding them they are members of Team Auckland, not macho, self-governing, fiefdoms.

The hard-up Super City stands to receive a windfall of about $100m from a planned $454m capital return by Auckland International Airport.

Olympian and Auckland councillor Dick Quax has revealed he has throat cancer and credits his wife Roxanne for having him receive early treatment.

Auckland councillor Cameron Brewer wants a council review into Len Brown's affair with Bevan Chuang widened to investigate a trip the mayor made to Hong Kong.

Carpet manufacturer Godfrey Hirst has complained to the Auditor-General that a $960,000 contract was not put out to tender.

Ports of Auckland has hired top lawyer Mai Chen to help it in a row with the Auckland Council over measures to reclaim more of the Waitemata Harbour.

The future of a Victorian timber cottage used as a community church is uncertain after it was taken from its foundations and put on a trailer, only for the council to halt the work.

A campaign to get New Zealanders to embrace their biggest city as a place worth visiting starts today under the slogan "The Show Never Stops".