Laura Kvigstad, Public Interest Journalism funded through NZ On Air

Auckland Council staff have signalled that congestion charging discussions will be on the work programme in a matter of months.  Congestion charging is used to...

Auckland Transport is coming to grips with the reality of trying to cut its budget, while also trying to retain its ambitious emissions reduction target....

The Matakana based business Hauraki Express is seeking support from government and Auckland Council to transport cyclists across Auckland’s waterways using purpose-built ferries. At a...

Rodney has scored the unenviable distinction of being the Local Board with the most deaths and serious injuries on its roads over the past year....

Rural advocates say they have been left to manage stormwater drains on their own and were fed up by Auckland Council’s inaction. At the Rural...

Auckland Council has been urged to limit urban sprawl to protect agricultural production on the city’s fringes. Under the government’s National Policy Statement on Urban...

Auckland Council has decided its bylaw on indoor domestic fires has become obsolete and therefore, won’t be renewed when it expires next year. The bylaw...

Auckland Council staff say that queries have been received over council’s liability in recent flood events. Governance director Phil Wilson mentioned the enquiries about liability...

The Act that created the Covid-19 fast-track resource consenting process will be repealed on July 8 and recently Council sought an extension of its authority...

After a day of debate at Auckland Council, two councillors went round in circles about including the word ‘technology’ in a bit of policy. At...