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Editorial: Too soon for sweeping CCO revamp

Editorial: The Royal Commission on Auckland Governance was unequivocal about the way in which council-controlled organisations should function in the Super City framework.

City to check if its subsidiaries work

Will Aucklanders be able to pay their rates and water bills at the same time and ring one telephone number to report a pothole or a noisy party?

Shore wants its share of the party fun

The North Shore is losing popular events, like the Devonport Food and Wine Festival and Wag 'n Walk Day, says the area's former mayor.

$1m hit feared from new road

Paula and Joseph Anderson fear a motorway slicing through their bush-clad valley south of Warkworth will take at least $1 million off the value of their secluded property.

Brown's wife with him as he fronts up

Mayoress Shan Inglis yesterday accompanied her husband Len Brown to the Howick Military Tattoo - an event from which the mayor had been told to stay away.

Matt McCarten: From rooster to feather-duster

Taurima's actions are just so shockingly naive, writes Matt McCarten. Ironically, the consequences of his actions may well make it harder for the very party he wanted to represent.

Kerre McIvor: Come out of hiding Mr Mayor

I can understand why the organisers of the Howick Military Tattoo want Auckland Mayor Len Brown to stay away this weekend, writes Kerre McIvor.

New plan 'big blow' to home buyers

Affordable housing will be impossible in 85 per cent of Auckland if new planning rules come into force.

Staff claim email privacy breached

Auckland City Council staff believe their privacy was breached after a million emails were checked during the investigation into mayor Len Brown's extra-marital affair.

Food, fashion and foot traffic

Dressed in expensive suits and designer frocks, they make a beeline for Britomart bars like Tyler Street Garage and 1885.

Brown to pay $40k towards affair review

Auckland Mayor Len Brown will pay $40,000 towards the $250,000 cost of a review into his affair with council adviser Bevan Chuang.

Mayor Brown report cost reaches $250k

The cost of the report into Mayor Len Brown's extramarital affair with Bevan Chuang has reportedly risen to $250,000.

Berms: Politicians say it with flowers

Two Auckland Council politicians are flouting council rules by planting flower beds on their berms.

Berm policy shift disputed

Ellerslie resident Chris Mills says Auckland Transport is not being honest by claiming to mow the berms of residents who refuse to do so.

Brown agitated at questions on affair

Auckland Mayor Len Brown got agitated when he was tackled on family values at his first Mayor in the Chair outing in Pukekohe since being embroiled in a sex scandal last October.

Len Brown shrugs off lone protester

A lone protester called on Auckland Mayor Len Brown to step down at the first council meeting of the year.

Judge flexes muscles on blueprint hearings

Aucklanders have until the end of next month to lodge submissions on the city's new planning rulebook, or Unitary Plan, says Environment Court judge David Kirkpatrick.

Ad poking fun at Len Brown's affair cleared by watchdog

An advertisement that poked fun at Auckland Mayor Len Brown's extramarital affair has been cleared by the advertising watchdog as humorous and satirical.