Stories by Amy Williams

An employment advocate who crusades for bullied workers is facing bankruptcy and the liquidation of his company after refusing to pay a long list of penalties for breaching client confidentiality…

Dining out could cost a few extra bucks as the cost of living and a dive in consumer confidence hits a sector on the rebound from a string of Covid-related lockdowns.

Rogue employment advocates are being called out by the Employment Relations Authority for giving people poor advice, sometimes leaving them with thousands of dollars in costs.

Auckland GPs say they are fatigued and overworked as an overflow of winter patients diverted from emergency departments knock on their doors.

Māori stroke patients were found to be 75 percent more likely to die within 12 months and those living outside urban centres experienced the worst outcomes overall, a new study shows.

Some visitors to Auckland Zoo are concerned new parking charges will make the excursion unaffordable as the cost of living just keeps rising.

A global expert in revitalising cities says Auckland needs to campaign to bring back workers, visitors and students to the city centre and is behind much of the world.

The children's commissioner says a spike in young people behind the wheel in ram raids is created by families living in a "total state of hopelessness".

Community leaders and shop owners in the latest Auckland town centre targeted by ram raiders say more police on the streets will not solve the social problems causing the spike. Audio

An Auckland parent says it was "beyond frustrating" trying for five months to get her preschooler a free dental appointment.

The Waitomo District mayor believes the community is in the dark about the whereabouts of missing Waikato man Tom Phillips and his three children.

Lockdown restrictions have led to the number of children who've missed their free routine dental check-ups in Auckland hitting a record high and health authorities warn it'll take over a year to catch…

The father of the man who died at Ports of Auckland yesterday was working there when the tragedy unfolded. Audio

Auckland Council expects a quarter of the city's character homes will lose their special heritage status when higher density rules come into force later this year.

A sanctioned Russian oligarch's superyacht is reportedly refuelling in Fiji this week - possibly the closest any will come to New Zealand.

Hundreds of vintage radios that were part of a private collection in Auckland are being sold under the hammer.

Superyacht agents want the maritime border to re-open so they can secure bookings before some of the world's wealthiest again choose to sail elsewhere next summer.

The tide of people moving out of Auckland for greener pastures in other parts of the country has increased during the pandemic.

People who lost their jobs when the vaccine mandates came into force hope to return to work soon.

A massive manta ray with a wingspan over 6m-wide has been spotted in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, and marine scientists are asking boaties to report sightings of the giant fish for conservation records.

The latest figures from the Ministry of Education show 86 percent of schools in the region have reported cases in the past 10 days.

The cost of taking a train, bus or ferry will soon be temporarily halved to help counter the rising cost of living but not all commuters expect to rake in the savings.

Those on the front line of the Omicron outbreak are hoping for a swift move to phase three of the government's response.

A union representing workers across a range of sectors says even if vaccine mandates ended many businesses would keep them going.

Cafes and restaurants on the brink of collapse because of Covid-19 restrictions are being promised some relief by the government but still don't know what that will be.