Wellington, June 25 NZPA - Ports of Auckland said union members today voted to ratify a collective employment agreement affecting 300 staff.

Wellington, June 22 NZPA - Aucklanders look to be side-stepping the strategy put together a decade ago by the region's leaders to guide growth in the country's largest centre.

Wellington, June 19 NZPA - Auckland Regional Council (ARC) chairman Mike Lee does not like the $84 million plan Auckland City Council voted on to revamp Queen's Wharf for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Wellington, June 19 NZPA - The day after Auckland City Council voted on a $84 million plan to revamp Queen's Wharf for the 2011 Rugby World Cup a dispute is brewing over how it will be funded.

Wellington, June 15 NZPA - The Government and Auckland Regional Council have bought Queen's Wharf for $40 million, Prime Minister John Key said today.

By Ian Llewellyn of NZPA Auckland, June 10 NZPA - A nationwide fuel tax could be used to bring forward the electrification of Auckland rail, Labour leader Phil Goff said today.

Wellington, May 28 NZPA - Ports of Auckland Limited has appointed John Lindsay as its new chairman, after the sacking of the former head of the board.

Wellington, May 27 NZPA - Ports of Auckland Ltd is on "stand-by" to handle the next generation of large container ships likely to come to New Zealand. The port said today it has resource consents for berth deepening and wharf works at its Fergusson container terminal for larger ships.

Wellington, May 25 NZPA - Ports of Auckland Ltd will hold mediation talks tomorrow with the union that served it with a strike notice last Friday.

Wellington, May 22 NZPA - Ports of Auckland Ltd's (POAL) chairman Gary Judd, QC, has been ousted in messy circumstances and the port has been slapped with a strike notice.