Auckland councillors will have another go today at signing off the city's controversial budget after a major concession from the Mayor over the sale of airport shares.
The council failed to get to a vote yesterday but Wayne Brown has a new proposal - selling just eight percent of the shares instead of the entire 18 percent.
It'll mean more spending cuts and a rates hike of 7.7 percent - more than the rate of inflation.
It's unclear whether the compromise is enough.
Emma Stanford has the story.