Amy Williams

Do you have an extra $150 a week to cover the rising cost of living? That's the sum households can expect to dig deep for each week this year as the looming recession is tipped to be longer and deeper… Video, Audio

Reining in inflation is coming at a cost for the average New Zealander with a mortgage, critics say.

The Reserve Bank has surprised with a 50 basis point rise in the official cash rate to 5.25… Audio

Insurance premiums won't be the only thing going sky-high after recent flooding - those wanting to rebuild homes can expect their ground floor to be up a staircase.

Councils in cyclone-hit areas say… Audio

The owners of many flood-ravaged properties are still waiting for insurance companies to tally the damage, with some moving house to house to stretch their temporary accommodation allowance as far as… Audio

An insurance expert is warning that many flood and cyclone-hit homeowners with claims for write-offs are unlikely to get cash payouts that cover their rebuild costs.

As well, many insurance policies… Audio

Auckland bus drivers want an urgent and immediate intervention from Auckland Transport - fearing one of their colleagues could be killed at the wheel.

A driver has been in hospital after being… Audio

An Auckland man who planned a violent attack targeting non-Muslims, after becoming radicalised online, has today been sentenced to two years and five months in prison.

The 21 year old appeared today… Audio

The country's largest insurer says 20,000 homes across the country are at severe risk of flooding and it is in talks with government about where flood-damaged houses should be written off for good.

… Audio

Water is a sought after resource in Gisborne where restrictions mean many on town supply are going without showers, and turning the washing machine on is a distant memory.

Tai Rāwhiti Civil Defence… Video, Audio

Gisborne businesses are battling water shortages to keep their doors open, with some forced to cart in thousands of litres from home tanks. 

Many have been closed until Tuesday, when the Council… Audio

In Turanga nui a kiwa, Gisborne, businesses are digging deep into silt, and into their pockets for money they say they don't have. As they try clean up and get back onto their feet.

But there is… Audio

Hundreds of people in the coastal West Auckland community of Muriwai are yet to return to their homes after landslides brought two houses down, while many more are too dangerous to enter.

Across the… Audio

Large swathes of the North Island are now under a state of emergency, with many regions feeling the force of Cyclone Gabrielle.

A state of emergency has been declared in Northland, Auckland… Video, Audio

Clean out your gutters and drains, secure trampolines and move your cars to higher ground - Aucklanders are urged to get ready for the next big storm.

Category Three Cyclone Gabrielle is expected to… Audio

A housing crisis, and then floods - the government is scrambling to provide longer term accommodation for hundreds of people displaced in Auckland.

The Temporary Accommodation Service is now tasked… Audio

Auckland roads were gridlocked this morning as people dodged flooded and damaged roads to get to work and school.

Twenty roads remain closed, a dozen restaurants and at least one hotel are shut - and… Video, Audio

Insurers are bringing in extra staff from overseas and warning it will be years before all claims are settled for flood damaged homes and cars in Auckland.  

Thousands of homes across the region are… Audio

So instead of throwing open their doors to students, Auckland school principals are welcoming displaced families and counting the cost of Friday's flood damage.

Amy Williams has the story. Audio

Carmel Sepuloni - from a working class family in Waitara who worked in education before rising through the ranks of government - has been named as New Zealand's new deputy Prime Minister.

Sepuloni… Audio

Three children who've been missing for a year with their father who's known to go bush are likely to be feeling anxious about being isolated from other family members for so long.

Tom Phillips and… Audio