Editorial: Half of Auckland may be surprised that Mayor Len Brown looks likely to be re-elected without serious opposition this year.

Winter sports codes are braced for the possibility of a repeat of Auckland's 2011 season where four out of 20 scheduled children's games were cancelled because fields had turned to mud.

"Who wins when the Auckland Council and the Government do not agree on the approach to affordable housing?" asks Mai Chen. "Or when Auckland's unitary plan should take effect?"

" With so much of it, why are the sports fields as hard as concrete?" asks Brian Rudman. "Auckland now has a giant faucet connected straight to the mighty Waikato River."

Aucklanders have been reassured that a big earthquake is highly unlikely, although a geologist says the rare pair that struck yesterday might be a sign of more to come.

A tax on carparks provided by employers might be justified on the principles of fairness and consistency that ought to govern all taxation.

More than 1000 striking Mangawhai ratepayers say they are prepared to take legal action against Kaipara District Council over rating issues and the handling of the Mangawhai Community Wastewater Scheme.

Eight men accused of an alleged Auckland Super City voter scam have had their trial shifted to the High Court.

Editorial: The heritage tramline in the Wynyard Quarter had a couple of things going for it when it was rushed into action for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

The folks in rural Rodney never were too keen on being in the Super City.

Leaky home owners in Tauranga face paying more than $25 million to weatherproof their homes.

The unanimous judgment of the Supreme Court is significant and unusual.

House hunters are doing it tough - with a majority of those looking to buy in Auckland rating it as a bad time to buy.

More than half of Auckland's residential land is to be rezoned for apartments and intensification to squeeze in a million extra people by 2040.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard final submissions on a second case that could affect the Government's planned partial sale of Mighty River Power.

Last week, I started writing an open source user's guide to the Auckland Council, approaching those who have created and evolved the council.

Successful waterfronts around the world have a mix of commercial, residential and public uses, writes John Dalzell. Our aim is to get the balance between these elements right.

Auckland Council's chief planner says he wants the inner-city rail link completed by 2021, despite the Government saying there is a stronger case for building it almost a decade later.

Former policeman George Wood says he did not realise he was breaking the law by taking a cellphone photograph while driving across the harbour bridge.

Parents have been stopped from "tandem" riding with their young children down hydroslides at Auckland aquatic centres.

The Auckland Council has stopped a mobile phone pole being erected in a park because it would threaten trees - so instead it will be put up in a Whangaparaoa street.

The International Rodeo could be barred from returning to Forsyth Barr Stadium if the Dunedin City Council agrees to a plea from animal rights group Safe.