Stories by Todd Niall

With the blueprint for Auckland's future due to be revealed today, Todd Niall answers ten questions to help make sense of the historic plan.

Personal submissions by three Auckland councillors on the city's planning blueprint may affect their right to vote in crucial meetings next month.

Analysis - One thing is missing from the race for the Auckland mayoralty - a big idea - writes Auckland Correspondent Todd Niall.

The country's biggest local body is spending $1.2 million trying to lift the second-lowest turnout in council elections.

Auckland Council is mounting a big security operation around the USB stick it will receive containing the rulebook for Auckland's future development.

Analysis - A humble USB data stick will on Friday be handed to the Auckland Council containing the plan that will shape Auckland for the next decades.

Residents on the edge of a Auckland park say they are frustrated and confused why their homes are being demolished to build a carpark.

Auckland Council has accepted its port company's offer to delay one of two controversial wharf extensions. Audio

The Auckland Council is poised to approve the sale of a public square near the city's waterfront to kick start new harbour edge developments over the next decade.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has rejected more fuel efficient vehicles in choosing his official car, just weeks after launching a strategy to cut the city's greenhouse gas emissions. Audio

Auckland Transport is standing by its decision to trial a private shuttle service for its staff, and says it may become permanent. It is costing $122,000 over six months. Audio

Some of Auckland's cheaper suburbs could face the sharpest rate rises next year, as a result of the city's three-yearly revaluation. Values in parts of the west have increased 41 percent.

Somewhere in Auckland Council's Civic Administration Building is a cheque for $7.5 million made out to the council. It won't be banked. Audio

Auckland's transport agency and the city's rail operator are cracking down on fare evasion on commuter trains, which is costing more than $1 million a year. Audio