Phil Goff

The government has announced plans to demolish about 3000 state homes in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill and build about 10,000 new homes in their place. The development is almost identical to… Audio

An Auckland hapu is considering building a statue on Bastion Point that could be as big as the Statue of Liberty in the United States or Christ the Redeemer in Brazil. A preliminary proposal by Ngati… Audio

A free speech advocacy group raised 50 thousand dollars in less than 24 hours in a crowdfunding campaign to take legal action against Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. Mr Goff last week announced that a pair… Audio

Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has questioned the decision by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff to ban two far-right Canadian activists from speaking at city council venues. Mr Peters on Monday said free… Audio

Auckland mayor Phil Goff has banned Canadians Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux, best known for their alternative right-wing views, from using the Bruce Mason Centre next month to give a public… Video, Audio

"Insulting" - that's how one of the Auckland councillors has described the conditions imposed on them around the release of a council report into the feasibility of a downtown stadium. Efeso Collins… Video, Audio

Conflict at Auckland Council is potentially threatening its operation. Two complaints laid by Auckland councillors over the release of reports into the feasibility of a downtown stadium are now being… Audio

The chief ombudsman has launched an investigation into how Auckland Council handled the release of a $900,000 report into the feasibility of a downtown stadium, following complaints from two… Audio

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has hit back at councillors who say they have lost faith in him because he has created a distrustful political working environment. Video, Audio

There's a new turn in the controversay around Auckland's downtown stadium report with a public law specialist saying councillors should not be restricted in their access to it. Two have complained to… Audio

A public law specialist says Auckland councillors may have good grounds to demand full access to a report on a downtown stadium. The mayor Phil Goff ordered the report last year via a council agency… Audio

A one-bedroom apartment in a new affordable housing development in south Auckland could cost as much as half a million dollars. Three hundred homes are being built in in Manukau over the next five… Audio

Some Auckland councillors were shocked to discover Mayor Phil Goff had commissioned a report into a downtown stadium - a report they didn't know exist, and which they've recently learnt cost close to… Audio

The release of a $935,000 consultants' report on an Auckland downtown stadium on Friday was the third time RNZ had to resort to the Ombudsman's Office to extract public information from Auckland… Audio

Staff in the office of Auckland's mayor Phil Goff have come last in a council-wide survey of how committed they are. The mayoral office scored 22 per cent which is less than half of the average across… Audio

Auckland Council decides on Monday if it will press ahead with a regional fuel tax to help free up the city's gridlocked roads but critics are denouncing the move as too rushed and short on detail… Audio

Auckland mayor Phil Goff says he's "feeling better than ever" after having an operation to clear his arteries. He talks to John Campbell from his hospital bed about health, healthcare and power… Video, Audio