The Super City has a super parking warden who issued nearly double the value in tickets than the next best warden in the last financial year.

It's not just height, it's density. In the widespread mixed housing suburban zones all a developer now needs to secure is a quarter of an acre, writes Cameron Brewer.

COMMENT: The Super City was a shift in the right direction - now it's time for a rethink.

A $157 million Super City computer system has a potentially "catastrophic" risk, says Auditor General Lyn Provost.

The contest to find a new mayor for the Super City moved up a gear yesterday when business boss Victoria Crone put her hat in the ring.

I have a proposal for Auckland to become a coal-free zone, writes David Hay. Holding climate change to two degrees or less means the world has to stop burning fossil fuels,

Salvation Army volunteers are bracing themselves for a bumper Christmas - of assistance to families facing a struggle to keep afloat through the season of goodwill.

Phil Goff is the instant front-runner, if not a near certainty, to be the next mayor of Auckland.

Auckland councillors are going behind closed doors to propose rezoning thousands more houses in the city's suburbs for multiple townhouses and apartments.

After announcing he will stand for Auckland mayor, Phil Goff shares his thoughts on how he would run NZ's largest city.

A privatisation programme of Super City assets offers up billions for the cash-strapped Auckland Council but little in the way of rates relief.

Len Brown would have us believe that nothing happened pre-Super City and that advances since then were all his doing.

Councillors will vote on Thursday to remove 1373 of the 3600 sites of value from the proposed Unitary Plan, or new planning rulebook for the Super City.

Len Brown's announcement has been met with relief by council members who say they can focus on milestone decisions for the region's future.

Richie McCaw was granted the Freedom of Auckland by Mayor Len Brown yesterday - the first time the honour has been bestowed since the birth of the Super City five years ago.

The Langham hotel was decked out last week for the annual AUT Excellence in Business Support Awards, emceed by Carol Hirschfeld and with special guest MP Maggie Barry.

Entire suburbs have no heritage protection, leaving them open for demolition.

There is relentless scrutiny and although customers and shareholders may be a tough crowd at times for a corporate CEO, ratepayers present an even more challenging constituency, writes Mark Thomas.

The Super City mayoral contest has sparked to life with Labour MP Phil Goff all but declaring he is standing and the first centre-right candidate coming forward.

Upper Symonds St above Auckland's CBD is being eyed as a largely pedestrianised zone when trams return to the city.

A man-made waterfall with a 4.5m drop is to feature in a white water sports centre in Auckland.

A proposed Auckland-wide food waste collection has been extended in parts of the City and the number of homes taking the service is growing.

For decades Karangahape Rd's eclectic tenants have jostled together. Now, those who love it fear Auckland's most vibrant street is under threat.

The words "double Grammar zone" plastered across a real estate billboard is enough to make any red-blooded agent salivate, writes Bernard Hickey.

Once it was Auckland's tallest office building. Soon it could be converted into dozens of apartments or a hotel.

"It's not the world's most beautiful building."

Many Aucklanders are leaving the Super City to buy their first home in cheaper areas.

Auckland councillors have been kept in the dark about a Maori word being added to the name of a new development agency for the Super City.

A Maori word has been added to the name of a development agency for the Super City at the eleventh hour.