Poor transport remains Aucklanders' biggest bugbear, eclipsing the shortage of affordable housing.

Len Brown sat down with Herald reporter Bernard Orsman and gave a frank interview about his marriage, integrity and that job reference for his mistress.

Christine Fletcher writes: "While much has been said about the mayor's private life since the election, too little attention has been given to his public responsibility to deliver governance for Auckland."

Independent consultants to examine use of council resources during affair, and treatment of Bevan Chuang.

It was meant to be the scandal that would end the career of a centre-left political leader, but it may end up doing more damage to NZ's political right, writes Bryce Edwards

Though the public seems to be learning to live with a mayor with imperfections on the private front, it's possible another bout of potential humiliations lies ahead, writes Brian Rudman.

John Palino has admitted meeting Bevan Chuang in a Mission Bay car park but denied any knowledge of her affair until it appeared in media two days later.

The right-wing blogger who revealed Auckland Mayor Len Brown's extra-marital affair has denied a plot to unseat the left-leaning politician.

Campaign sex, they called it in the book Primary Colours, sex supercharged with the adrenaline of public life.

John Palino met Len Brown's former mistress for a late-night discussion in a Mission Bay car park the night after the mayoral election and just two days before the affair was made public.

If another favour from Len Brown to Bevan Chuang emerges from the woodwork then the Auckland Mayor has to go, John Armstrong writes.

Bevan Chuang disclosed her criminal conviction to the political ticket that selected her as an election candidate.

Half of Aucklanders think Len Brown should continue as mayor after revelations of a two-year extra-marital affair with Bevan Chuang, according to a Herald DigiPoll

Prime Minister John Key said he didn't discuss Len Brown's affair when the pair had their monthly catch-up in Auckland this morning.

When dirt gets thrown around in politics, everyone involved emerges looking grubby, writes Bryce Edwards. In fact we are all going to suffer from the Len Brown scandal and its corrosive implications.

Poor old John Slater, writes Brian Rudman. The one-time Rasputin of Auckland right-wing politics has suffered the fate all politicians dread. Ignored.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown and council chief executive Doug McKay are refusing to answer key questions arising from the mayor's extra-marital affair with Bevan Chuang.

The political organiser who asked Len Brown's mistress to reveal their affair belongs to the National Party youth wing.

The former lover of Auckland Mayor Len Brown wants nothing to do with the people who she claimed made her go public about the affair.

John Palino, the mayoral candidate whose camp has been accused of trying to expose the Len Brown sex scandal, has gone to ground.

Bevan Chuang is confident Len Brown will be cleared by a spending inquiry in the wake of their extra-marital affair, saying he paid for everything out of his own pocket.

Auckland Council say an independent review into the Len Brown sex scandal will take place, despite an assurance that no mayoral office funds were used in the relationship.

Len Brown's office has confirmed he provided a reference for his ex-mistress when she applied for - and got - a job at the council-run art gallery.

Councillors have broken their silence about Auckland Mayor Len Brown's two-year affair with aspiring politician Bevan Chuang.