The Auckland Council is sitting on secret documents used to draw up a new planning rulebook for the…

1. Sections to soar in value under plan

Aucklanders will get a say on reclaiming more of the Waitemata Harbour for port operations after a move to fast-track the…

1. Mayor has support to reclaim more of harbour - council source

Editorial: From the outset, one of the major worries about the Super City framework was the ability of the 21 local boards…

1. Editorial: Super City needs battle for mayoralty, not a shoo in (50 comments)

How well has Len Brown done against the goals he set himself and the challenges he has encountered? Bernard Orsman finds…

1. video Q and A with Mayor Len Brown (7:47)

It would be great if Environment Minister Amy Adams could make up her mind about Auckland's new draft…

1. Many Auckland firms expect boost

Auckland has 2000 new sections ready to build houses on, says Mayor Len Brown, who last month claimed there was enough land…

1. City subsidy for posh homes touted

A $1 million sculpture by artist Michael Parekowhai will be installed on Auckland's Queens Wharf as part of a $2 million…

1. Len Brown catches Auckland's first double-decker

Eight men accused of an alleged Auckland Super City voter scam have had their trial shifted to the High Court.

1. Two arrested in voter enrolment probe

More than half of Auckland's residential land is to be rezoned for apartments and intensification to squeeze in a million…

1. Graeme Wheeler: No easy fix for high kiwi

Last week, I started writing an open source user's guide to the Auckland Council, approaching those…

1. Heather Shotter: Let's tell the world what we're all about (22 comments)

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is facing criticism for hiring a sixth "spin doctor" six months out from the official start of…

1. Licence on fast-track before family function

Townhouses priced from $350,000 are part of an Auckland Council project to revitalise the once bustling middle-class suburb…

1. House supply gap begins to close

The Government is offering to hand over its interests in Eden Park, the Cloud and Queens Wharf to the Auckland Council…

1. Butterfly-killing plant on pest hit-list

Waikato town planners are bracing for an overflow of Aucklanders from the Super City as it seeks to find living space for…

1. Penny Hulse: Jobs for youth big part of city's 'most liveable' vision (14 comments)

Giving building owners 10 years to strengthen earthquake-prone buildings would amount to an "execution…

1. Brian Rudman: Bureaucrats more destructive than quakes (40 comments)

A herbal tea garden, beehives on roof spaces and laneways are among ideas for revitalising the Grey Lynn shopping centre…

1. Million dollar home sales up 36pc

Watercare Services is teaching its big brother Auckland Council a lesson in accountability and transparency by releasing…

1. Councillor: Mayor must control spending

Work on creating tree-lined boulevards to connect Fanshawe St and Victoria Park with the waterfront at Wynyard Quarter will…

1. Win 1 of 25 double passes to the Auckland Seafood Festival with the Food Hub

If you score the empty end of the Christmas cracker tomorrow, here's a substitute riddle to liven up the festivities.

1. Brian Rudman: Betting on casino hard to fathom (25 comments)

Staff numbers have risen by 840 in the past year and wages have gone from a forecast $513 million to…

1. Public shut out on stadiums

It's going to take more than a myth-breaking press release to persuade "our communities" Mayor Brown's vision is the way…

1. SkyCity's fortunes on a roll

Finance Minister Bill English says the Budget 2013 will help the most vulnerable people in society "who the Government has…

1. Hickey: Housing promise without a plan (12 comments)

They are this country's least desirable export and occasionally they come back to bite. They are the New Zealanders who…

1. Herald on Sunday editorial: Absolutely positively a capital (14 comments)

Spending on rail in Auckland has been compared to a "black hole of Calcutta" as right-leaning councillors take an increasingly…

1. Brian Rudman: Enough reports - get on with rail (117 comments)