Todd Niall

Auckland homeowners will pay an average of just over 200 dollars a year more in rates from next month, with thousands facing a hike of more than a thousand dollars. Audio

Rates rises averaging ten per cent are a reality for Aucklanders after the council's ten year budget scraped through with a one vote margin. Audio

A hefty rate rise for Aucklanders, including a new transport levy is expected to be signed off by the Auckland Council today. Audio

The plug's been pulled on work extending Bledisloe Wharf in Auckland after a court victory for protesters this afternoon. Audio

The biggest cruise liner ever to visit this country is going to have to anchor in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, and shuttle its almost five thousand passengers ashore in boats. Audio

Paying for services, road tolls, less red tape, and better planning, to ensure there's enough land for housing in growing centres. Audio

Legal academics are questioning the Government's approach to dealing with iwi over the future of surplus crown land it wants to build houses on. Audio

There's a new development in the battle between the government and iwi over freeing up surplus Crown land for housing. Audio

The Government's played its opening hand in what could be a crucial year-long negotiation with the Auckland Council over future transport projects in the city. Audio

There's an embarrassing gaff in the Government's plan to build houses on surplus crown land in Auckland. Audio

Speculators who've been buying land on Auckland's rural fringe may get a nasty surprise next month when the Auckland Council reveals just when subdivision might be possible. Audio

Lecretia Seales, the terminally ill Wellington woman who asked for the right for a doctor to help her to end her life, has died overnight of natural causes. We'll talk to a close friend of the… Audio

The Government predicts six hundred homes could be built in Auckland on the first blocks of surplus Crown land unveiled today. Audio

The Government believes six hundred homes could be built in Auckland on the first blocks of surplus Crown land unveiled today. Audio

The Government will this morning unveil the first blocks of crown land to be offered to developers for housing in Auckland. Audio

The latest of a series of grafitti attacks on Auckland trains was just one of the headaches on the city's rail network late yesterday. Audio

The mayor of Auckland is renewing efforts to persuade the Government to allow an early start to the city's 2-point-5 billion dollar downtown rail tunnel. Audio

Two years of haggling over a national convention centre for Auckland has ended, with the Government and Sky City agreeing on a smaller and more expensive centre than originally planned. Audio

Skycity and the government have agreed on a preliminary design for Auckland's new convention centre. Audio

Eurovision fan Todd Niall joins us with a live report from downtown Auckland on this year's final. Audio