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Precious park gifted to Super City

Aucklanders have been gifted a new $5 million-plus conservation reserve the size of Cornwall Park, spanning a 10km beachfront at Te Arai near Mangawhai.

1780 council staff earning over $100k

Nearly 1800 Auckland Council employees earn over $100,000, with the top salary level now hitting $859,999 as the city aims to cut $2.7b off its spending.

When harmless fun turns deadly

Pranks can be fun and cause some great laughs at the time - but they can also go horribly wrong and end in serious or harmul consequences.

Waimahia Inlet spells new homes hope

On September 19, the first buyers of a new mass-scale affordable special housing area at South Auckland's Waimahia Inlet, on the edge of the Manukau Harbour, are due to move in.

New Akl special housing area unveiled

Auckland's newest special housing area has just been announced and it's a huge site at Papakura. So how many new homes could it hold?

Downtown revamp: $500m

Auckland will get something special for the downtown area from the sale of QE Square by Auckland Council, says Precinct Properties chief executive Scott Pritchard.

Auckland Council votes to sell central city square

Megaship cruise boom - video

Take a look at the German launch of a megaship so big that Auckland will expand its wharf for its visit

Auckland's $20m bill for lost carparks

Auckland Council may have to pay Precinct Properties $20 million compensation for the loss of underground carparking in its Downtown Shopping Centre.

Mayor's travel plans

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has a globe-trotting agenda for the coming year with planned visits to Taiwan, Japan, China, the United States and Australia.

Big rate rises in store despite cuts

Auckland Mayor Len Brown is talking of selling council carparks and naming rights to swimming pools to help balance the books in his new 10-year budget.

Black budget: Rates rises and cuts

Auckland faces rate hikes of 3.5 per cent for eight years straight and $2.8 billion of cuts to capital projects.

Super blow for Auckland ratepayers

The Super City's been costly for residents of the former Auckland City Council who have been hammered by a new single rating system.

Big cuts to services revealed today

Big cuts to transport, parks and community services will be outlined later this morning when Auckland Mayor Len Brown unveils the first draft of a new 10-year budget.

Subdivision bucks size trend

Auckland's quarter-acre dream is far from over - huge sections of more than half an acre are being sold from $350,000 within the city boundaries.

Projects on hold to soften budget

Hundreds of capital projects totalling about $300 million are being deferred by Auckland Council this year to address pressures in next year's black budget.

Lydia Sosene: Licensors blind to social impact of bottle shops

Lydia Sosene writes: A full-strength alcohol outlet would be a recipe for disaster and the social cost on our struggling community will continue to triple.

Editorial: Demand for investment property the problem

With the economy performing well on most other fronts the residential property market remains its major defect.