Dear Len Brown, I have been to many meetings on the draft Unitary Plan (UP) and have had innumerable…

1. Editorial: Super City needs battle for mayoralty, not a shoo in (50 comments)

Editorial: Auckland's newly promulgated unitary plan has entered a rocky stretch of water called local-body election year…

1. Mark Donnelly: A sledgehammer update to planning (1 comments)

1. video Thatcher: 'Pursued a draconian policy of militarism' (1:10)

The Green Party has launched a campaign it hopes will convince Aucklanders to support the proposed City Rail Link.

1. Greens to campaign for Auckland city rail link Govt funding

The Government says there are 29,000 fewer Kiwis receiving benefits since the last quarter - including…

1. Hardline minister gets a big job done

Prime Minister John Key says he is "honest and upfront", and committed to leading National to the next election.

1. video GCSB: Commissioner recollects meeting with PM (3:18)

Bernard Hickey says gums have been flappin' aplenty this week over the dangers of a housing boom.

1. Hickey: Check for red flags in Mighty River shares (39 comments)

Rodney Hide recalls John Key entering a crowded function soon after his election . He exuded warmth, fun and positivity.

1. Rodney Hide: My Oscar goes to can-do Kiwi (15 comments)

It takes a lot to get Aucklanders riled, writes Matt McCarten. "When they do, governments fall."

1. video Watch: Auckland Unitary Plan - help shape Auckland (2:25)

Damien Grant writes: Peter Dunne was in Austria last month addressing the United Nations on his Psychoactive…

1. Bill seen as threat to kava

After nine years of hogging the limelight, Robert Muldoon found himself on the fringe in 1984. Four months earlier, the…

1. Photo recall: Stretch the car to make room for the phone

Veteran activist John Minto is asking his political party to approve a run for mayor of Auckland. The trade unionist and…

1. video Q and A with Mayor Len Brown (7:47)

An estimated 2000 people marched in downtown Auckland this afternoon in protest at the Government's education reforms.

1. Special: Lessons for cheats

A subsidy that has helped to insulate about one in every six low-income homes looks likely to be cut back in next month's…

1. 2000 homes promised, 180 built

Prime Minister John Key rates his trip to China this week a "10 out of 10". He achieved everything…

1. Kiwis use trade visit to campaign

A Raetihi woman has been charged with manslaughter after the death of a nine-year-old boy who was found to have prescription…

Fans of the rather spectacular David Attenborough Africa series will have observed similarities between the great giraffe…

1. Sharples' blackmail claims rejected

Matt McCarten believes it's not the crime that brings you down - it's the cover-up.

1. John Armstrong: Rennie draws the line on Key's phone call (39 comments)

1. photos Photo gallery: Hospital food (6 photos)