Amy Williams

Forget house prices, let's talk partridges. The cost of putting on a Christmas spread and buying gifts for your true love has soared in recent years thanks to inflation.

Fifteen years ago we… Audio

Imagine recovering from cancer only to have a leg or arm become more and more swollen, and not be able to get the treatment you need - that's the case for many lymphoedema patients around the country… Audio

People living with a chronic condition that causes a limb to swell are choosing to go to Australia for surgical treatment that isn't offered here, and paying out of their own pocket.

Many are cancer… Audio

Tighten your belts and prepare for recession - the Reserve Bank's hawkish move to turbo-charge interest rates doesn't stop here.

After raising the wholesale interest rate 75 basis points to four and… Audio

Auckland's major events calendar looks alarmingly empty from 2024 and the city's culture and economic agency says it urgently needs to find $20m a year to start filling it.

Most events on the diary… Audio

Auckland's mayor is promising to find huge cost savings, so a massive financial hole won't be filled by significant rate rises.

The hole in ther council's budget has tripled in size - to $270… Audio

Auckland Council's budget is blowing out as inflation runs hot and interest rates continue to rise.

Staff are warning the funding gap is estimated to be $180m higher than the anticipated shortfall of… Audio

The lawyer for Grace Millane's killer has told the Court of Appeal in Auckland that two other women felt driven to be her voice in separate trials which resulted in further convictions.

Jesse Kempson… Audio

Auckland Council has run out of funds to continue its part in an own-your-own-home scheme it set up in the 1970s for those over 65.

One hundred and fifty flats will be affected and already 60 are… Audio

The Crown has been appealing the sentence handed down to 18 year old Jayden Meyer, who raped four girls and sexually violated another.

Meyer was a minor at the time of his offending. He was sentenced… Video, Audio

Fuel companies are warning higher petrol prices are on the way this summer.

The added pain at the pump is expected due to a cut in global oil production, and sanctions on Russian marine oil tankers… Audio

Covid-19 restrictions have eased, the border's open to tourists, it's the summer Auckland's been waiting for - but there's a big hole in the promotions budget.

Economic development agency Tataki… Audio

The Ministry of Education turned down air purifiers taken out of MIQ hotels for use in schools at a time when Omicron was surging and it was still waiting for its own order to arrive in the country.

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GIB's value is hugely valuable in Aotearoa currently, and so are the people delivering it to building sites across Auckland - that's the message from workers who have walked off the job.

About 40… Audio

A seven-week trial over political donations that took three years to reach the High Court in Auckland is drawing to a close today.

The Serious Fraud Office brought charges against seven people… Audio

A defence lawyer for a businessman at the centre of a political donations trial has told the court his client did not conceal his identity.

The lengthy judge-alone trial in the High Court in Auckland… Audio