The powers that be are growing anxious over the lack of inspiring design ideas for Queens Wharf.

Where you'll live, what sort of house you'll have and how much it'll cost will be influenced by reforms that promise more affordable housing.

Govt ministers co-sign the first of three treaty deals today, settling claims to Tamaki Makaurau. The deal transfers Crown ownership of 11 volcanic cones to Maori.

Two Auckland iwi could become landlords of Paremoremo and Mt Eden Prisons under Treaty deals which will be signed today.

Leaders say a good job on 'party central' preferable to $100m option.

The residents of northern Rodney are not Jafas and therefore should not be eaten up in the Auckland Super City.

Aucklanders are having to underwrite a $40m shortfall for the Eden Park upgrade because the park's guardians cannot make a financial contribution.

The Govt's $100m proposal for Queens Wharf is dominated by a "long house" that will serve as a cruise-ship terminal and multi-purpose public space.

A grove of young native trees on the stark summit of One Tree Hill could mark the push to finalise Treaty claims by 2014.

An Auckland Supercity is less than a year away but, given the chance, most residents would call the whole thing off.

ARC chairman Mike Lee could have some explaining to do next time he visits the city library, after leaving three of its books on a deserted Pacific island.