COMMENT: Research by the Auckland City Mission shows the number of homeless in the Auckland CBD doubled between 2013 and 2014.

COMMENT: While the cost of the remedial work will not be insignificant, it needs to be viewed in context, writes Penny Webster.

The suggestion of a port at Muriwai - one of Auckland's wild west coast communities sitting in a regional park - has not gone down well.

COMMENT: Finally, two Auckland City councillors are stepping up to the plate to deal with the scourge of beggars in the city, writes Larry Williams.

Ethical investment has come with a price tag of more than $380,000 for a council fund.

A stadium on the waterfront is an investment in the future of the city. It's inevitable, the longer the delay, the greater the cost. Local politicians need to make this happen, writes Larry Williams.

The community groups challenging the SkyPath plan in the Environment Court have reached their deadline to finalise their issues with the proposal.

Following the rolling brawl in Auckland's Britomart club-lands, heavyweights from the police and Auckland Council squared off over who was to blame, writes Brian Rudman.

Chris Brooks, the council boss charged with salvaging the city's stadium strategy, is a quietly spoken Australian.

It could soon be easier on the environment to have a shower or use the toilet in Auckland.

We've arrived somewhere pretty dismal when property-owning baby boomers reckon it's okay to publicly mock young people who disagree with them, writes Toby Manhire.

Mayor hopeful doesn't care that the Prime Minister plays there.

The Auckland Council is going back to the drawing board after a majority of councillors scuttled housing density proposals in the city's leafy suburbs on Wednesday.

Dumping zone changes is another black mark against Mayor Len Brown and his deputy Penny Hulse.

If we do not see leadership from the council, we will continue to allow an old guard to have a stranglehold over Auckland's future, writes Sudhvir Singh.

Many residents' groups in Auckland over the years have fought hard against the schemes of city planners for higher-density housing.

Auckland's housing crisis hit home in the past couple of weeks as I searched for a flat so that I could move out of my parents' place, writes Alex Johnston.

For nearly 100 years politicians have been talking about an inner city rail link. But for 100 years that's all it's been: talk, writes Rodney Hide.

John Key's intention to fast-track the $1.25 billion East-West Connection and make it a project of national significance has been welcomed by transport and infrastructure groups.

The Prime Minister's reading of the politics of the issue is an implicit tribute to the effort of the departing mayor, Len Brown, as it was three years ago.

Britomart station will hit train handling capacity this year. It can handle only 20 trains an hour, writes Len Brown. The City Rail Link allows us to increase this to 48 trains an hour.

More than 1000 people have signed a mother's petition urging councils to provide shade at playgrounds to protect kids from skin cancer and heat-related risks.

Abusive library patrons mixing books, booze and brawling are partly to blame for more than 200 trespass notices issued in Dunedin since 2011.

A stately home with a CV of $2.6 million that stood for nearly a century in Remuera Rd has been demolished by its new owner and turned into a parking lot.

It's not just height, it's density. In the widespread mixed housing suburban zones all a developer now needs to secure is a quarter of an acre, writes Cameron Brewer.

Auckland Council's plan to charge all ratepayers each time rubbish bins are collected has been delayed.

COMMENT: It's hard to believe that a tram would beat bus from Auckland CBD to the aiport.

COMMENT: The Super City was a shift in the right direction - now it's time for a rethink.