Aucklanders will be spared big swings in rates when the Super City comes into existence next year.

Associate Local Government Minister John Carter is being accused of changing a Government bill to help out a constituent.

One reason the North Shore City Council is looking at charging parking fees at its busway stations is a big rise in the rates it charges itself.

A remark in a barber shop may prove instrumental in costing rail users more money to catch electric trains.

More than 100,000 credit cards may be replaced as a result of thieves hacking into payment machines at a central Auckland carpark.

Thieves have hacked into payment machines at an Auckland carpark and stolen the credit-card details of thousands of people - possibly for years.

Two victims of the rotting-homes debacle have had their compensation payout doubled, and now other victims could get more.