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The rise of gangs, drugs and guns in Auckland: 355 people shot

Surging gun violence is being blamed on gang warfare, drugs and organised crime.

Auckland residents oppose fast-track supermarket plans

The planned supermarket is six times bigger than allowed for in the Unitary Plan.

Ports of Auckland case: Union calls for management to be held accountable

Corporate fines were simply a business cost, says Maritime Union's Craig Harrison.

'Systemic failure': Ports of Auckland fined $540,000 after worker's death

Judge says two years is far too long for a family to have to wait for justice.

SFO tight-lipped over probe of Auckland Mayor's election expenses

The probe may relate to auctions held during the 2016 and 2019 campaigns, ex-staffer says.

Ready to rumble: City Rail Link's giant boring machine unveiled

The boring machine will start rumbling underground in April.

Anthony Fowler: What's really behind Auckland's water pressure?

Opinion: Auckland's water crisis is blamed on a 200-year drought. It it true?

Auckland Council blow-out: 100 Panuku staff on more than $100k

Total personnel costs jumped 23 per cent from 2019 to 2020.

Birkenhead residents fight 'European hilltop village'

The council and commissioners last year agreed the development was "non-complying".

Focus Live: Auckland water bans eased for summer

Home and hosed: Auckland water rules relaxed just in time for summer. Video / Will Trafford

Auckland water rules relaxed just in time for summer

The rules will be relaxed from next month.

Editorial: Water scare - long term solutions needed for Auckland

Editorial: Aucklanders are dam ready for water restrictions to ease, but will they get it?

'Money grubbing': Justice staff use lockdowns to sting motorist with 11-year-old parking fine

Kevin Longley got a rude shock when told he had an unpaid ticket more than a decade old.

Home and hosed? Auckland ban on watering gardens could lift for summer

Mayor Phil Goff says Aucklanders have helped to save 6 billion litres of water.

Plugging $1b Covid hole: Auckland rates, water bills to rise

Phil Goff will outline proposals for rates and water bills on December 9.

Auckland Council backs away from hedge-trimming

Phil Goff derides critics as council reaffirms controversial hedging policy.

Years of pain: Council hedging losses hit $2.7b

Council meets to approve hedging policy that locks ratepayers into high-interest loans.

Auckland Transport's vision for Downtown Auckland transformation

Te Wānanga, the new public space on the Auckland waterfront, is due to open next May. Video / Auckland Transport