The woman who had an affair with Auckland Mayor Len Brown has a criminal conviction for logging into the email of the former head of the Auckland Museum.

Michelle Boag asks; Is Len Brown's ability to lead the communities of Auckland any different today from last week when so many of us who voted, voted for him?

Everybody has distractions, writes Claire Trevett. In fact, when it comes to time, family and raising children is a far more time-consuming distraction than an affair.

Prime Minister John Key has refused to be drawn into the sex scandal surrounding Auckland Mayor Len Brown, saying: "Len's got a job to do."

Newly elected Auckland Council member Denise Krum is gearing up for a hefty workload after taking calls from Maungakiekie-Tamaki residents expecting prompt action on local issues.

Len Brown is not the man Aucklanders thought he was when they elected him their mayor for a second term just last Saturday.

John Banks says he will continue to fight allegations of filing a false election return, but has resigned his ministerial portfolios in the meantime.

Public opinion has softened against Len Brown after news broke of his affair, but the majority of those responding to a online poll are still calling for him to quit.

Morals and politics make for an explosive mix, as Auckland Mayor Len Bown has found out over the past day, writes Bruce Edwards.

An urgent audit has been ordered by the government into the spending of state money intended to help Kiwi kids learn te reo Maori.

The woman who revealed a long-running affair with Auckland Mayor Len Brown is an aspiring right-wing politician.

'Well done to the people of Hamilton, who have shown more sense than many of their own city councillors," said the dentistry specialist. It's an apt commentary.

Last week's admission by the Government that in the year to June 2012, Aucklanders subsidised the rest of the country by almost $1000 a head, writes Brian Rudman.

The Reserve Bank has rejected claims that its curbs on low-deposit mortgage lending will have the perverse effect of reducing the amount of new housing.

John Banks signed his election return without fully reading it, and was kept at arm's length from campaign finances, a court has heard.

The woman alleged to have had an affair with Auckland mayor Len Brown is Bevan Chuang.

A commission of inquiry may be required to sort out the country's "dire" voter turnout for local body elections, a Dunedin political scientist says.

Kim Dotcom has told a court he was offended when told John Banks wanted his $50,000 mayoral campaign donation to be anonymous.

New rules for how people in the country's biggest cities deal with their trash are coming in to force on Nov 1. Do you know what they are?

Auckland Council's local boards are about to get an injection of young blood, with the success of three candidates aged under 30 in Saturday's elections.