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No parking: Remuera realty agent pinged for illegal car park

Thou shall not park. Remuera agent served abatement notice by council.

Council U-turn over rules for dogs on beaches

Dog owners could soon be allowed to walk their pets on beaches for longer.

John Tamihere launches legal action against Auckland council

John Tamihere says there would no conflict or conundrums with the action if he was Mayor.

Comment: Why I can't help feeling sorry for Sephora

COMMENT: Sephora got it wrong, but the outrage doesn't stack up.

Auckland's transport budget takes 30 per cent of rates

The new regional petrol tax of 10 cents a litre boosted transport spending last year.

Rates: Here's what your boards decided to spend money on

Check out what each board promised.

85 wasted hours: That's how long Aucklanders sit in traffic each year

Phil Twyford and Phil Goff say they are getting on and improving transport issues.

Rates: This is where your hard-earned cash ends up

Auckland Transport has struggled to spend its $1 billion capital budget.

'Clowns': Phil Goff furious after discovering illegal tyre dump

Offenders should be forced to clean up other people's rubbish, Auckland mayor says.

What lies beneath? Why builders are under fire for the state of the Hauraki Gulf

"Not only are we losing precious top soil, but it is destroying marine ecosystems."

Brian Rudman: John Banks on the money as he eyes mayoralty

COMMENT: With Banks talking about a comeback, Auckland mayoral race has got interesting.

John Banks says Phil Goff's mayoralty like 'grandma's boiled cabbage'

"Phil Goff's mayoralty reminds me of grandma's boiled cabbage," Banks said.

City Rail Link swallows up once-vibrant food court

Pioneer food stall operator: food court offers solace to homesick Asian migrants.

'Selfie bridges' at waterfall anger Piha locals

The council says it won't be asking the public for their views on new bridges near Piha.

'Devoted' dad's lonely death in a council flat

"It's too late for Dad, maybe we can stop this happening to someone else," daughter says.

Meditation centre loses court bid against gun range noise

The meditation retreat took its fight against the facility to the Supreme Court.