The Latest Breaking News from Auckland Council

Public transport proponents will petition the Auckland City Council to see free travel afforded to four groups of Aucklanders

The man who arguably started NZ's social procurement revolution reveals his road to Damascus moment: 'It can be deeply terrifying for lots of people,' says Sean Barnes.

A minor culture war has broken out over Auckland’s urban identity since Auckland Council responded to the government’s new housing rules: on one side, defenders of “special character” areas of historic housing; on the other, advocates for higher-density development with fewer constraints.

Obituary: Ngāti Whātua kaumatua Joe Hawke, who spearheaded the Takaparawhau/Bastion Point protest, has died, aged 82.

The fight for the fate of the supercity has a venue - the suburban villa

Local councils can have their cake and drink it too, writes Jonathan Milne, as ratings agency agrees to council and iwi approving strategic direction of Three Waters entities.

Residents win major battle against McCallum Bros, Auckland’s biggest supplier of sand for concrete, as Auckland Council rejects a resource consent application to take more sand.

Auckland Council wants more time, infrastructure funding support and focus on quality over quantity in the intensification plan handed down by the Government.

The urgency of urban intensification in Auckland is indisputable, but we must do the least damage to the city's history as possible, writes Pat Baskett.

Plans by three of NZ’s biggest developers to rezone 330 hectares of land in Drury has the go ahead. But a legal dispute over the area’s future growth could be on the cards.

Island residents crying 'enough' over helicopter movements come up against rigid planning laws, busy bureaucrats and Civil Aviation officials who question if there's really a problem