John Banks admits he could lose the Super City mayoralty unless Auckland City and North Shore voters back him in big numbers.

Fiji's military regime has arrested Mahendra Chaudhry for allegedly breaching public emergency regulations, reports said today.

Len Brown is set to win the Auckland mayoralty by a landslide, unless John Banks can rally his half-hearted supporters to vote in the final days.

Phil Twyford says he didn't mean to break the rules when he used his parliamentary email to endorse local body election candidates.

Labour MP Phil Twyford is meeting the Parliamentary Service following an accusation about improper use of parliamentary resources.

Blockbuster issues sorely missing as candidates morph into anonymous blob.

Labour president Andrew Little says the party will act if any of its members are found to have been involved in a Super City voting scam.

Police have started another Super City electoral investigation, this time into allegations of bribery on the North Shore.

Police have widened their probe into a possible Super City voting scam to cover hundreds of people living in Hastings, Tauranga and Hamilton.