Aucklanders won't be able to choose their next council at the click of a mouse because it is too big.

The Auckland Council is holding the line on rules to protect the city's built heritage after being advised they are a burden on landowners seeking to develop their properties.

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

How do we make a first-class city? Well, to us down in Hayseed Land, it's always seemed like one. In a world of its own, at any rate, writes David Hill.

Tap beneath the surface of an issue and all sorts of questions emerge.

Auckland Council is reviewing its ownership of 13 golf courses worth more than $40 million, as pressure builds to find space for thousands of new homes in the city.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown led 13 other members of the council family and a business delegation of 43 to Los Angeles - and returned with a bunch of mugs.

QV data out last week showed Waitakere's average value now stands at $687,021, up 7.3 per cent in the past three months

Auckland developer Tony Gapes of Redwood Group is poised to sell three-quarters of New Zealand's most affordable intensive housing project to Chinese interests.

Len Brown is refusing to say if he will follow two of his councillors and say no to a 2.3 per cent pay rise, which will lift his salary to $265,500.

Using randomly selected juries to make some council-level policy suggestions is arguably a good starting point for organically growing a system for Auckland, writes Nicholas Ross Smith and Zbigniew Dumienski.

A developer is calling for a taller height limit to go with no controls on density in Auckland's suburbs.

Council, developers and lobby group debating new rules which will allow more houses to be built.

The Government says a new plan to lure migrants away from Auckland will boost regional economies, but admits it will do little to ease Auckland's housing pressures.

I am one of those in local government who’s advocating for greater and urgent focus to be placed on containing council costs and, if required, rationalising their expansive role, writes Cameron Brewer.

It is a city that prides itself on its diverse ethnic communities, but Auckland is run by a club of white men living in the wealthy suburbs.

Auckland Transport is warning passengers of potential bedding-in glitches after it replaces diesel trains this morning with electrics.

Children as young as 10 are fare dodging and causing disorder at train stations, prompting a police crackdown in West Auckland.

Labour leader Andrew Little has stood by the decision to release figures showing a high proportion of house sales to people with Chinese names in Auckland.

Protected views of volcanoes are threatening Auckland's goals of affordable housing and a compact city, major property owners say.

The resignation of Ports of Auckland chairman Graeme Hawkins for health reasons gives Mayor Len Brown the chance to do what he should have done a long time ago.

Two regular public transport users — Roger Hall on the buses and Barry Jenkins on the trains — share the trials of recent rides.

Len Brown's recent cuddle-up to Transport Minister Simon Bridges reminds me of a poor Whanganui chap banged up in Bali for being willing to believe anything in his quest for a little love, writes Brian Rudman.

Two Auckland Council bodies are at loggerheads over whether 20ha of land at Hobsonville Pt should be used for housing or a film studio.

Several Auckland local boards have proposed changes to dog regulations, including a complete ban on dogs at Shoal Bay on the North Shore.

Auckland Council's bean counters are trying to make a buck out of public lavatories.

Barney Irvine urges the Government and Auckland Council to strive for an accord on transport when they meet tomorrow.

John Key, Bill English, Paula Bennett and Simon Bridges all know Len Brown is a lame duck mayor, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Len Brown defends the function as a thank you to staff, but critics say a 10 per cent rates hike is nothing to celebrate.