Auckland Councillor Cameron Brewer says Mayor Len Brown is "jumping the gun" by proposing to lift all council staff to a living wage before knowing its effects on services or trimming $100,000-plus salaries.

Councils are being blamed for the high cost of building New Zealand houses, ahead of the role played by manufacturers.

Mayor Len Brown says there has been progress in making central Auckland safe, but admits more needs to be done to prevent deaths like that of Tarun Asthana.

The former mistress of Auckland Mayor Len Brown wants failed mayoral candidate John Palino to front up about an alleged plan to bring down the mayor.

When the dust settles on his sex scandal, Auckland Mayor Len Brown has another delicate task ahead - setting a lower salary for the new boss of the Super City.

The fallout from Len Brown's affair continues as right-wing councillor Cameron Brewer accused the mayor's office of a dirty tricks campaign against him.

Len Brown is a busted flush. It may not be right. It may not be fair. But it's the truth, says Rodney Hide.

A group of mayors has come up with an ambitious proposal to collect at least 20,000 promises of jobs for unemployed young people.

Bryce Edwards rounds up the must-read political items from the media and blogosphere over the last week.

The judge who sent John Banks to stand trial on false election return allegations made several factual errors that led to a wrong decision, according to the senior lawyer for the politician.

Len Brown says the career of a mayor ebbs and flows, and the wave of negative publicity the swamped him since news of his affair broke will pass.

Len Brown spoke of the love and support of his wife Shan Inglis after being sworn in as Mayor of Auckland last night, but there was little connection between the pair.

Len Brown has been sworn in as Mayor of Auckland with wife Shan Inglis at his side this evening.

Bevan Chuang claims Luigi Wewege knew of the relationship between her and Len Brown in July, three months before the election.

Let's not forget that over the past year, 77 per cent of Auckland's 69.23 million public transport trips were on buses, writes Brian Rudman.

What a great age to introduce kids to civics, and what better way than by having a repentant mayor visit your school with media scrum in tow, writes Dita Di Boni.

The Home and Family Counselling board has distanced itself from comments made by its executive director supporting Auckland Mayor Len Brown as honorary president of the organisation.

He was the new arrival with an impressive CV who burst onto the political scene hoping for a future with the National Party. But his naked ambition and role in the Len Brown infidelity scandal have left him high and dry

Every supercity seems to have a mayor behaving badly at its helm, writes Dana Wensley. Mayor Len Brown's exploits prove that Auckland can now rub shoulders with other supercities.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown will retain his position as honorary president of a family values organisation despite his two-year extra-marital affair.

Auckland mayor Len Brown has told a radio station this morning he believes public officials' private lives need some protection, in the wake of his affair scandal.

A selection of city landmarks jostling for a spot on the new Monopoly Auckland edition needed a bit more than luck to win a spot on the board.

One of the world's most popular board games, Monopoly, has unveiled an Auckland edition of the game. But guess which street has been misspelled?

A high-profile opponent of Len Brown cancelled a meeting with the mayor and said he should resign in the wake of the sex scandal.