Jonathan Killick

Comment The trust which manages Auckland's Cornwall Park is considering closing its grounds to car traffic, telling the council it has become “a racetrack”.

The influential body corporate tenants of Auckland's Viaduct Basin have banded together to fight their richlister landlords over spiralling ground rents and apartment intensification, reports Jonathan Killick.

An appeal against Ali Williams and Anna Mowbray's Westmere helipad consent has had a “preliminary” victory with the court declaring helicopter flights are not an “inherently residential” activity.

The Post has learned that Auckland central city businesses have sought clarification from Heart of the City over whether some of its executive committee members are eligible for their roles.

Heart of the City has been ordered to allow chief executive Viv Beck to return to work after the Employment Relations Authority found she had an arguable case that her suspension was unjustified.

After eight weeks off the job, Viv Beck returns to Heart of the City next week after the Employment Relations Authority ordered her interim reinstatement as chief executive.

More X-rays, bigger warehouses and intelligence operatives overseas are among a suite of initiatives announced by the Government to beef up border protection.

Comment Tensions have flared over whether to impose a historic rates rise on Auckland households with Mayor Wayne Brown telling one critical councillor to “shut up, fool”.

Comment Auckland's councillors are debating a proposed 7.9% rates rise that would see households on average pay an additional $320 per

Comment Auckland Transport has been instructed to review the profitability of its routes in light of the fuel crisis and the Gulf Harbour ferry service is first in line, says mayor Wayne Brown.