Amy Williams

Makeshift shelters of cardboard and blankets are dotted along the street near Auckland City Mission, which is struggling to support an increase in rough sleepers. Audio

MetService wanted to issue the severe warning the day before the cyclone made landfall, but faced opposition.

One Auckland foodbank recently had to cap the number of people getting food parcels.

The government will force Auckland Council to allow apartments of at least 15 storeys around three key train stations.

The number of homes constructed rose from 10,200 in 2018 to a record 18,100 in 2023.

A coroner wants one consistent law requiring boaties to wear lifejackets on small vessels, after finding a mother and her young son would have had better chances of surviving a capsizing, if they been… Audio

Wastecare insists the overflows are mostly rainwater, but oyster farmers are disgruntled.

An advocate says there are at least 140 young people in the city who do not have stable housing - some as young as 11 years old.

The 80-year-old man linked to the secretive sect will stand trial for sex offences, including indecent assault, sodomy and bestiality.

Social workers are worried state house tenants who have been evicted are then blacklisted - and end up on the street.

City missioners say it's not a straight forward answer, but it's important to be compassionate and engage with people on the street.

Each spill into the Mahurangi River results in a 28-day ban on harvesting.

The 11-year-old football was leaving the game at the weekend when he walked into a knee-height metal post.

The skyscraper height limits are too restrictive, an advocacy group campaigning for more housing says.

Organisations say they're seeing increasing need, and clients facing longer-term effects of hunger and malnutrition.

Many of those attending free classes have experienced homelessness, addiction or mental health struggles. Audio

Private hospitals are being tasked with clearing 20,000 simple cases for the public system. Audio

Former members of a secretive sect known as the Two by Twos claim the leaders receive gifts of cash and do not pay tax. Audio

The firefighters union say firefighters are at risk trying to contain fires with ladder trucks that keep breaking down.

The almost $4 million villa sits on 619 square metres of land in one of Auckland's sought-after heritage areas.

The woman living in the country's most valuable state house says it should be sold. Audio

Using AI algorithms to renew expired Jobseeker benefits automatically could result in 'computer says no' discrimination, experts are warning.

A National Party politician who is part of a secretive sect being probed for historical child sexual abuse says he had a happy upbringing in the group.

Opponents fear a potential law change will create a loophole allowing AI to cut benefits and impose sanctions, which the ministry denies.

Politicians have little knowledge of a long-awaited report that family violence experts say the Ministry of Justice buried, which shows children are at risk in the judicial system.