Amy Williams
Flood-hit Akl homeowners struggling to pay mortgages and rent
Some Auckland homeowners are struggling to pay the mortgage on their storm-damaged homes, and rent for the house they're living in, after being denied weekly accommodation support. They want the… Audio
Steep rise in financial hardship withdrawals from KiwiSaver
The Retirement Commissioner is joining budget advisors in raising alarm over the steep rise in people withdrawing money from Kiwisaver as they struggle with rising prices and paying the mortgage… Audio
Well-loved Auckland District Court employee retires
She checks on homeless people in doorways on her way to work and responds to texts for help in the dead of night - after 31 years as a social worker at the Auckland District Court, Michelle Kidd is… Audio
Auckland Light Rail on hold after stop work notice issued
The team behind Auckland Light Rail is still waiting to hear exactly what comes next, after a stop work notice was issued for the multi-billion-dollar project.
The government has agreed to cancel… Audio
Court helps Auckland's homeless to get off the streets
A court that writes off charges for recurring low-level crime is helping Auckland's homeless off the streets and into work.
Te Kooti o Timatanga Hou - The Court of New Beginnings takes offenders… Audio
Eliminating homelessness an 'unreasonable goal' - Auckland Council
Auckland Council says it takes weeks to house rough sleepers and eliminating homelessness is an "unreasonable goal".
Business association Heart of the City wants more police on the beat and tougher… Audio
Ellerslie homicide: Wife's body found in a bush overnight
A family's worst fears were confirmed this morning when the body of Mei Han Chong was found abandoned in bush in suburban Auckland. Police commenced a desperate search for Ms Chong after her husband… Video, Audio
Man arrested and charged over murder of Auckland couple
Police have arrested and charged a 42-year old man with the murder of an Auckland couple.
Sixty-six-year-old Fuk-Fu Kwok was found dead at his home in Ellerslie on Monday evening having suffered… Audio
Whakaari Island owners found guilty of health & safety failings
It's been almost four years since the deadly Whakaari White Island eruption. Now the island's owners, the Buttles, are being held accountable for health and safety failings through their company… Audio
Verdict expected in Whakaari White Island case
The owners of Whakaari White Island will learn this afternoon whether they breached workplace laws in the buildup to the deadly eruption in December 2019.
Twenty-two people were killed and 27 injured… Audio
Lucrative pay and housing packages lure police to Australia
It may be the land of snakes and spiders, but lucrative pay and housing packages are luring an unprecedented number of Kiwi police officers across the Tasman.
Figures from the Australian police show… Audio
Some Auckland businesses call for inner city crime crack down
Business owners in Auckland's city centre say anti-social behaviour has gotten out of control and they want rough sleepers and those drinking and drug dealing on the streets to be trespassed and moved… Audio
Wellington homeowner still waiting on insurance a year after slips
A Wellington homeowner awoken by a landslide crashing through her kitchen window a year ago is still battling to get her insurer to pay even a cent towards the huge costs of re-building a wrecked… Audio
Former PM Shipley and Mainzeal directors ordered to pay up
Subcontractors still owed big chunks of money from construction firm Mainzeal's collapse a decade ago say they'll get a pittance back and do not believe justice has been served. Former Prime Minister… Audio
Calls for overhaul of search and rescue in wake of Enchanter tragedy
The agency investigating the deadly sinking of a charter boat off Northland's coast is calling for an urgent overhaul of the country's search and rescue operations. Only five of the ten men onboard… Video, Audio
Police narrow search for Marokopa man to small Waikato towns
Police are narrowing their search for long-time fugitive Tom Phillips, to small communities on Waikato's west coast, after he was spotted in disguise buying supplies two days ago. It's been 18 months… Audio
Sandringham community misses out crime-prevention funding
An Auckland community where a dairy worker died in a brutal attack last year, is bitterly disappointed it won't get government funding to prevent street-level crime.
The Sandringham Business… Audio
Economist warns removing GST not the answer to cost of living
A reprieve from the rising cost of food can't come soon enough, but an economist is warning that removing GST is not the answer. National claims Labour plans to remove GST from fruit and vegetables if… Audio
Auckland firms dig deep for security
Auckland's central city businesses are pumping more than half a million dollars into private security, to fight street crime like theft, burglary and assault.
Their association, Heart of the City… Audio
Whakaari eruption hard to predict, but there were warning signs - volcanologist
A leading volcanologist says the exact time and day of an eruption cannot be predicted, but volcanic activity had picked up in the months leading to the deadly Whakaari White Island eruption. Dr Gill… Audio