Work is officially underway on a new $5.9 million ferry pier at Half Moon Bay which officials say will play an important part of the new public transport network for east Auckland.

Auckland Transport is joining business giants Fonterra, Air NZ, KPMG, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard at the VXV Precinct on the Auckland waterfront.

Auckland transport officials are being told to front up and tackle the dire congestion which is driving people out of their own city.

COMMENT: There is no doubt the road layout in and around Hill St at Warkworth is one of the most challenging and frustrating journeys anywhere in the region.

Aucklanders can see how transport-poor suburbs and areas of intense housing development will be served by newly proposed public transport lines.

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An AT leader lost his job after awarding contracts to Fulton Hogan, which sub-contracted them back to a company owned by his wife.

Central Auckland is facing years of chaos as several huge building projects get under way to advance the city's international aspirations.

The community groups challenging the SkyPath plan in the Environment Court have reached their deadline to finalise their issues with the proposal.

Auckland Transport says it will not move most of its staff into the central city unless it saves money.

Why there are so many helicopters flying over Mission Bay?

ADVICE: Auckland Transport is your best bet. If the car has not been reported stolen, the police are unable to help, as you now know.

The company assuredly would not again put buses on the road if its drivers were refusing to take fares, and passengers would know which side was to blame.

There was minimal wait time at some of Auckland's busiest bus stops this morning, as every available bus in Auckland was used to try to ease commuter chaos in the city.

Every available bus in Auckland is being used to ease the high demand of March, but people are still begging to be let on at stops.

Auckland Transport has confirmed it is in commercial negotiations for a CBD building to house the majority of its staff with rumours circulating it's theVodafone building.

The 3-metre wide cycleway will be a mixture of two-way cycle lanes and a shared path.

Fares on Auckland's public transport services are going up today.

Changes at end of month will make charges fairer leading into simpler zone system, says Auckland Transport.

Residents say they have been left disgusted, disappointed and frustrated and feel their arguments fell on deaf ears.

Getting Auckland motorists to work within 30 minutes during the morning rush hour by 2045 is one of the focuses of a report outlining how to fix the city's transport problems.

More than 500 bus trips on various routes will not run tomorrow due to strike action which will likely cause congestion chaos across much of Auckland.

In the lead up to Friday's bus strike, Auckland Transport says it's been accused of conspiring with a bus company to reduce pay for drivers.

Bus drivers will be "working to rule" from 4am tomorrow and are warning commuters to expect delays and catch an earlier service than usual.

As keen polo-goers start hunting down their glad rags for the day, ponies from around New Zealand are being transported to Clevedon polo grounds in preparation for the 2016 NZ Polo Open.

The Super City has a super parking warden who issued nearly double the value in tickets than the next best warden in the last financial year.

Dame Paula Rebstock has called on the New Zealand community to take vulnerable young children "into their hearts and homes" as she seeks to apply an investment approach at one of the country's most controversial agencies.