Without the Unitary Plan, there would have been 43,900 consents for new homes between 2016 and 2021, rather than the actual 65,700 consents in residential zones - a 50 percent increase.

Another 1500 houses have been consented in flood zones in Auckland in the last year ... Anniversary Day flooding - more than 10 percent of residential consents granted between February and ...

An aerial photo of Pukekohe Park looking at the hairpin. A community information session has been tabled for Thursday, March ...

A map has been released of the two zones with restrictions on fruit and vegetable movement on Auckland’s North Shore after a fresh biosecurity scare. The biosecurity operation was launched ...