Richard Hills

Green MP and Pasifika Communitiy advocate Fa'anānā Efeso Collins has died after collapsing during a charity run in Tāmaki Makauru Auckland. 

Collins was taking part in the ChildFund Water Fun event… Audio

An Auckland Councillor says scrapping the regional fuel tax will kill off billions-of-dollars' worth of transport projects.

Transport Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed the government will end the… Audio

More bus routes, and the passengers who use them, in Auckland are set to benefit from a so-called 'bus booster', or 'green wave'.

That's when traffic lights switch to green to help delayed buses make… Audio

One year on from the Auckland Anniversary weekend floods, the location of new housing in Tāmaki Makaurau remains a difficult issue.

More than 1400 housing consents have been granted in flood plains… Audio

Returning to our earlier story about the coastal walkway on Auckland's North Shore that's been closed due to a stoush between a land owner and the council. For years, the owner of the Firth family… Video, Audio

An Auckland Councillor is frustrated with the suspension of several ferry services.

From October, Fullers360 will no longer operate the Birkenhead, Northcote Point and Bayswater routes.

Auckland… Audio

Weak systems, poor communications and lack of leadership are just some of the wide-ranging criticisms of the Auckland Council's response to the devastating Anniversary weekend floods, back in late… Audio

Auckland's weekend ferry services are virtually sunk, with multiple cancellations and timetable disruptions.

Operators Fullers360 says due to crew shortages all Half Moon Bay and inner harbour loop… Video, Audio

Two houses have collapsed in Muriwai as Cyclone Gabrielle hits Auckland.

Piha on the city's west coast was cut off last night by slips and flooding.

Meanwhile, residents living near the historic… Audio

Part of Auckland's northern motorway had to be shut completely after flooding on Wednesday morning. 

Water swelled across the road near Northcote and it was shut between Esmonde Rd and Northcote Rd.

Communities across the supercity have been devastated by the rain event - but were all responded to equally? Kathryn speaks with Manukau ward councillor Alf Filipaina who believes some emergency… Audio

Auckland Council North Shore ward councillor Richard Hills says there could have been more communication as flooding hit the city. 

Hills told Morning Report he did not want to single anyone out, but… Audio

Auckland Council has released an ambitious proposal to reduce the city's transport emissions by two thirds over the next eight years. The Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway will encourage people to… Audio

Auckland's billion-dollar budget passed last week, which means the city's households will soon be paying into a dedicated fund to help tackle climate change.  Audio

An Auckland councillor says it's ludicrous councils cannot stop new homes being built on private land that will flood in next two decades due to rising sea levels.

Richard Hills is chair of the… Video, Audio

Aucklanders are being warned by Auckland Transport that they may lose the right to park on the road outside their house under a proposed change to the parking rules. The new strategy would turn… Audio

An Auckland councillor says footpaths and carparks should be utilised for outdoor dining during lockdowns. And Richard Hills says that with signs pointing to some form of level 2 for some time yet, we… Audio

When Auckland's Safeswim website lit up red after a downpour, residents were horrified. But are the city's beaches really a no go-zone, or are we being over-informed? Audio