Latest from Auckland Council

Inside Akl traffic control room, OCR hike stings families & tasered 95-year-old dies | Focus Morning Bulletin: 25 May, 2023

Inside Auckland traffic’s control room, how the latest OCR hikes affecting homeowners and senior officer faces charges after tasering a 95-year-old woman in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Focus: Inside the control room responsible for Auckland's roads

Real time operations team leader Mark Hackett and traffic engineer Jwee Goy give a behind-the-scenes look at the Auckland Transport Operation Centre (ATOC) tasked with keeping our roads moving. Video / NZ Herald

Auckland will lose some ‘nice-to-have’ services as council axes 500 jobs

Auckland must 'trim the fat' to balance its books, says deputy mayor Desley Simpson.

Hundreds more job cuts at Auckland Council

The PSA says a cost of living crisis is not the time to be cutting jobs.

City Rail Link won't open until at least 2026, Harbour Bridge backlash & Christchurch arborist tragedy | Focus Morning Bulletin: 23 May, 2023

An exclusive look at Auckland’s City Rail Link, Waka Kotahi faces questions over how often the Harbour Bridge gets closed and our Prime Minister meets with Pacific leaders in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

What lies beneath: Exclusive look underground at City Rail Link progress

The CRL is a rail version of Spaghetti Junction, says project boss.

Art remake heartbreak: Fire wrecked NZICC glass 'forest' panels

'Hopefully, something can be done with the old ones. Maybe they can be ground up...'

City Rail Link won't open until 2026 at the earliest

CRL boss reluctant to say when the mega-project will open for passengers.

Auckland’s bus driver shortage almost halved

AT expects to return to operating reliable bus services by the end of September.

Managed retreat, daylighting streams part of Brown's $1.4b flood recovery plan

The money would have to come from a number of sources.

'Unfortunate disruption': Auckland’s Western Line trains resume service after car driven on tracks

The vehicle drove along the tracks from a level crossing in Mt Albert.

Auckland Transport vows to change its tarnished image

AT's acting chairman says they are suffering from a serious lack of trust.

Roger Partridge: More planning madness from Auckland Council

Opinion: Big Brother does not know best in this housing affordability crisis.

'Ought to have known better': Arborist company fined $32k for felling notable tree

The judge said while not deliberate, the company should have known better.

Opinion: Five ways for Auckland Council to raise more money and to spend it better

Simon Wilson: Some ideas that might help the mayor's new budget plan.

400 jobs to go as Auckland mayor works to fill council budget hole

This is not the way to treat loyal workers whose livelihoods are at stake, says union.

Sasha Borissenko: Liquor sales decision increases heat on supermarkets

Analysis: Top court had little trouble distilling views on damage from 11pm booze sales.

New $346k pedestrian crossing in Auckland took seven months to fix

Transport Services Limited has declined to answer questions about its work.