Latest from Auckland Council

Wayne Brown: Build a new harbour bridge, don't waste billions on flawed plan

OPINION: A tunnel in the same location as the current bridge achieves nothing.

Letters: Health NZ v nurses – what's really up with staffing levels?

OPINION: Also in today's letters – climate policy, speed limits and sentencing reforms.

Bedroom swelter: Too hot upstairs in new Auckland terraces, apartments

Free-standing fans, airconditioning units, ceiling fans and heat pumps go into bedrooms.

'Disgraceful': Mayor slams council staff over $263,000 beach stairs bill

Mayor says it doesn't fit the ‘better, faster, cheaper' message he wants at the council.

Fourteen-level apartment block under $46m leak repairs

An owner of a two-bedroom unit wanted only $179,000: faced a massive $446,000 repair bill.

What Auckland could learn from Sydney in harbour crossing debate

Sydney managed to get a rapid transit tunnel built in just seven years.

Luxury Waiheke vineyard found guilty of noise breach, could be fined up to $600k

The vineyard was earlier acquitted after blaming noise readings on 'chirping crickets'.

What’s on in Tāmaki Makaurau for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori?

Auckland city will have plenty of attractions during Māori Language Week.

Auckland Council spends $263k replacing four sets of stairs

'I think ratepayers would agree $8000 per step is just too much.'

Only two children allegedly remain at Ponsonby preschool

Parents threatened to remove children from preschool after fiery feud with management.

Stink over sewage from Auckland housing development goes to court

Watercare plans to truck sewage away at three other housing developments.

For the chop? Future of renowned Westmere Butchery up in the air

Businesses complain of cycle lane disruption while others welcome greater safety.

Decade-old tree lifted into Auckland’s CBD, part of Council's green plan for city's future

Council project will have ‘multi-functional benefits’ for Auckland.

Scooter wars: Beam’s problems multiply, Lime gets a boost

Newcomer misses out.

Developer Shundi Customs vs builder China Construction in High Court over $300m Seascape

Dispute follows China Construction winning an August 2 tribunal adjudication.

Watercare's secret $20m deal with iwi raises ratepayer concerns

Auckland ratepayers stumped up an additional $20m to care for the Waikato River.

Stats NZ moves Auckland office to Queen St after safety concerns

'The feedback from staff about the new location has been overwhelmingly positive.'

AT board ignores wishes of Mayor Wayne Brown and hands CEO large salary and bonus scheme

The AT board also ignored Brown's wish for a contested recruitment process.