Wayne Brown
Auckland Mayor
Topics
- Auckland mayoral election 2025Quiet since 1 Nov 2025
- Auckland mayoral race 2025Quiet since 19 Feb 2025
- Auckland councillor attendance disputeQuiet since 15 Aug 2025
- Auckland property revaluations 2025Quiet since 26 Jun 2025
- City Rail Link openingOngoing
- Bed tax and visitor levy debateQuiet since 8 Sep
- Eden Park redevelopment and stadium fundingQuiet since 28 Mar 2025
- City Rail Link preparationsQuiet since 8 Aug 2025
- Local elections 2025Quiet since 13 Oct 2025
- City Rail Link opening delayQuiet since 9 Dec 2025
- Auckland CBD homelessness and begging plansQuiet since 16 Dec 2025
- Government council rates cap policyQuiet since 3 Dec 2025
All stories
October 2026
- Wayne Brown calls for $220m annual tourism funding for councils
- Mayor defends Olivia Dean concert running past curfew
- Eden Park calls for infrastructure upgrades after rugby train delays+1
- Mayor Wayne Brown removes controversial parking space in Auckland
- National pledges $1.75 billion for Auckland Mill Road project
+1
September 2026
- Billboards accidentally revealed City Rail Link opening date early
- Government proposes removing height limits for Auckland CBD buildings
- Auckland Council votes to challenge fast-track developers
- National proposes using visitor levy to fund council tourism spending
- Commissioner finds Auckland mayor breached code of conduct
August 2026
- National rules out new bed tax despite previous cooperation deal
- Auckland City Rail Link opening date revealed as 13 September 2026
- Auckland councillors challenge Mayor Wayne Brown over committee reshuffle
December 2025
- Wayne Brown receives $611k in campaign donations
- Wayne Brown criticises government rates cap policy
- Auckland mayor proposes 7.9 per cent rates increase for next year
November 2025
- New action plan announced to revitalise Auckland CBD
- City Rail Link opening delayed until second half of 2026
October 2025
- Mayor Wayne Brown sworn in at Auckland Council inauguration+4
- Nearly half of Auckland's special election votes discarded+3
- Wayne Brown re-elected for second and final term as Auckland mayor
- Wayne Brown re-elected for second term as Auckland mayor+4
- Voter turnout lags in Auckland and Christchurch ahead of election close
- Wayne Brown denies rates hike after profane response to lobby group
- Wayne Brown tells lobby group to f*** off
September 2025
- Auckland mayoral voter turnout below 10 per cent with two weeks remaining
- Wayne Brown to seek more homelessness funding if re-elected
- New Snells Beach wastewater plant opens to reduce sewage overflows
- Wayne Brown holds commanding lead in Auckland mayoral polling
- Wayne Brown's name recognition aids Auckland mayoral re-election bid
- Wayne Brown faces criticism at Auckland mayoral debate
- Auckland Transport to be stripped of most powers+3
August 2025
- Wayne Brown criticised for missing first Auckland mayoral debate
- Work to replace Auckland level crossings with bridges begins next week
- Auckland labelled City of Fails in annual report
- Auckland Council attendance records released for the current term
- Auckland mayoral candidate Kerrin Leoni unveils rates and spending pledges
- Prime Minister rejects Auckland Mayor's request for bed tax
- Auckland mayoral candidate reports abuse while putting up campaign signage
- Auckland's Dragon Boat restaurant enters liquidation after 31 years
- Auckland local body elections expected to be highly contested
- Prime Minister and officials attend Auckland City Rail Link test run
- Twelve candidates enter race for Auckland mayoralty
- Auckland mayor and councillors clash over attendance and leadership style
July 2025
- Wayne Brown criticises Auckland councillors for missing meetings
- Wayne Brown announces Fix Auckland candidates for local elections
- Auckland mayor's chief of staff puts property company into liquidation
- New Institute for Advanced Technology to be based in Auckland
- Auckland engineer jailed for Watercare fraud exceeding $1m
- Nominations open for local body elections
June 2025
- South Wairarapa and Auckland councils confirm rates increases
- Auckland Mayor rejects requests for dog taskforce
- Auckland rates to rise despite average property valuations falling
- Desley Simpson rules out running for Auckland mayor+1
May 2025
March 2025
- Security increased at Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's home
- Australia beats White Ferns by eight runs in Wellington T20I
- Mayor says speedway at Western Springs is a burden on ratepayers
- Neither new stadium nor Eden Park upgrade viable without public funding
- Philanthropist gifts Greenhithe botanical sanctuary to Auckland Council
- Traffic congestion could cost Auckland $2.6 billion annually by 2026
February 2025
- Auckland Council approves funding for St James Theatre restoration
- Auckland Mayor calls for pause on Victoria Street linear park project
- Wayne Brown to seek second term as Auckland mayor
- Wayne Brown denies claims he would ask deputy to step down