Todd Niall

An Auckland business group is rallying support for a campaign to have the council take over the two billion dollar assets of the Auckland Energy Consumers Trust. Audio

Auckland's downtown promotion agency is taking legal action against its former long-standing chief executive Alex Swney, who is already facing tax evasion charges. Audio

Online voting looks set to be trialled during local body elections in two years time. Audio

Auckland councillors have decided to delay by three years, budgetting for the main tunnelling works for the two point five billion dollar City Rail Link. Audio

Auckland's mayor Len Brown will have to accept a minor defeat today as his council meets to delay the proposed funding to start major works on the two point five billion dollar City Rail Link. Audio

Len Brown tells reporter Todd Niall he doesn't see the City Rail Link change as a political defeat, and says talks with the Government will continue. Audio

Our Auckland correspondent Todd Niall says Housing New Zealand should have known that rules for high density housing were going to change before they announced the right size plan. Audio

Glen Sowry's interview with Todd Niall Audio

The battle over a Wellington supercity is just about to get underway after the Local Government Commission recommended amalgamating the region's nine councils. Audio

The America's Cup challenger Team New Zealand says it's close to making a formal bid for taxpayer funding, following the announcement that Bermuda will host the next regatta in mid-2017. Audio

The island of Bermuda has been chosen to host the 2017 America's Cup. Audio

A campaign's begun to have the Auckland Council take over the two billion dollar lion's share of the electricity lines company Vector, ending the annual payout to hundreds of thousands of consumers. Audio

A 75 percent stake in the electricity and gas lines company, Vector, could transfer to the Auckland Council, if a lobby in the city gets it's way. Audio

Phillip John Smith has been deported. He's on his way back to New Zealand. More exclusive details shortly from our correspondent who saw the convicted murderer and child molester leave Rio de Janeiro… Audio

Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

Listening to that is the Chairperson of South Pacific Pictures, John Barnett Audio

Tensions are continuing to rise in Jerusalem this week after Tuesday's deadly attack on a city synagogue. Audio

Back to the visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping and the expansion of trade with New Zealand. Audio

Buffalo in the state of New York has seen more than a year's worth of snowfall in just three days. Audio

The killing of 51 year-old Brett Fraser in West Auckland last month may have been motivated by a cannabis robbery. Audio