Kindercare and the St James Kindergarten are opposing Bunnings Warehouse Grey Lynn, raising safety and health threats to children.

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The first batch of 6000 new homes for fast-track residential development in Auckland has got a lukewarm response from property experts.

Protestors carrying signs saying 'Bugger Off Bunnings' have picketed Auckland Council this morning as a hearing on setting up a Grey Lynn branch continues.

Actress Tandi Wright and Seven Sharp presenter Jesse Mulligan want to stop the Bunnings Warehouse Grey Lynn.

Auckland's five licensing trusts are fighting to preserve levels of charity dollars from alcohol sales and poker machines.

The two main contenders for the Hamilton mayoralty are running a close race and with voter turnout at a new low - less than 10 per cent at the weekend.

Hearings into a controversial Bunnings Warehouse in Auckland's Grey Lynnhave begun, and residents have turned out in force to try to stop it.

The Super City election race enters the final week with a stubbornly low voter turnout and a final push by Len Brown and John Palino for the mayoral chains.

Contender Rob Thomas admits claiming incorrectly in an official candidates' booklet that he worked 14 years for the cities of Wellington and Westminster.

Editorial: Local democracy has a delicate life at more risk of suffering from neglect than abuse. When most of its eligible voters ignore its debates and cast an unthinking vote.

The political make-up of the Auckland Council looks set to hinge on the outcome of six wards, where the right is out to put the brakes on Len Brown's direction.

Members of the Northern Action Group reckon they would do better out of the SuperCity.

Time to mail in your voting papers for the local government elections, says Matt McCarten.

No building in Auckland is quite as grim as Mt Eden Prison.

A shake-up of how and where we bury the dead has prompted a city council to raise the "terrifying" possibility of people simply digging a hole and "putting granny in it".

Auckland Mayor Len Brown last night defended salaries of nearly $800,000 a year for two senior council executives, telling a public meeting, "You have got to meet the market."

The council voted to save $3 million by not cutting grass berms in the old Auckland City area. Was this a good move? Have your say here.

Local Government New Zealand and the New Zealand Initiative are calling for more public services to be provided by local government and funded by local taxes.

Opinions on who should mow the berms in Blakey St, Onehunga reflect the wider debate that's raging in Auckland.

Auckland City residents should follow the rest of the region, take pride in their community - and mow their own berms, says a councillor.

If you were a shareholder in a huge business, one with $120 billion of assets and an annual budget of more than $8 billion, wouldn't you want a say in who should run it?