Stories by Todd Niall

The housing taskforce that Auckland's mayor said might set ratepayers back "a morning tea and a couple of muffins" wound up costing $47,165. Video, Audio

The government and Auckland mayor Phil Goff insist the latest initiative to boost home construction does not signal a return to urban sprawl in the city. Video

The government is setting up a new agency to co-invest in road and water networks, starting with a fund of $600 million.

Analysis - This America's Cup pitted one of the giants of aeronautical engineering against the boffins from Auckland's Halsey St, explains Todd Niall.

Team New Zealand has given new details of hidden damage that could have taken the team off the water during the America's Cup finals. Audio

First Person - Around 80 large New Zealand flags have appeared in Bermuda's Somerset Parish, despite the host country officially backing Oracle, writes RNZ's Todd Niall.

The Battle of Bermuda resumes tomorrow after five days spent tightening and tweaking by the defender Oracle Team USA and the 3-0 up Team New Zealand. Video

The America's Cup created the "buzz around the island" that Bermuda's premier Michael Dunkley wanted and he's keen to bid to host the next regatta.

A Team New Zealand veteran thinks Oracle Team USA will resume the America's Cup Final better, but not drastically different.

First Person - Mystery surrounds the disappearance of a crowd-pleasing piece of show business in the America's Cup village in Bermuda, writes RNZ's Todd Niall.

Analysis - Could this be the 'San Francisco moment' when an ascendant Team New Zealand is savaged by a revitalised Oracle TeamUSA, asks RNZ's America's Cup correspondent Todd Niall.

First Person - "The good news is, we're only one back," a serious-minded Jimmy Spithill tells RNZ America's Cup correspondent Todd Niall, trying to opt for the glass-half-full approach.

A Team NZ sponsor has taken out a full-page newspaper ad in Bermuda arguing the two countries' similarities mean the locals should get behind the kiwis.

Sir Russell Coutts has struck back after a report in a Bermuda newspaper suggested the regatta would leave the island nation even if Oracle Team USA won.

Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill invokes the eight-in-a-row win over Team New Zealand four years ago as they prepare for tomorrow's rematch in Bermuda.

Team NZ expects a "full-on tussle" with Oracle Team USA and has a winner in its 26-year-old skipper, its operations manager says.

Team New Zealand is back on the water with the "sacred wing" it badly damaged in a capsize a week ago.

The America's Cup could leave Bermuda, no matter which team wins the upcoming final race series, writes RNZ America's Cup correspondent Todd Niall.

While Team New Zealand campaigns for a shot at the America's Cup, a group hoping to follow in their footsteps is also on the water in Bermuda.

Team New Zealand could be heading home within days if it doesn't solve fundamental errors in its races, the team's head coach says.

Team New Zealand will head into the second day of challenger finals with a 2-1 lead over Sweden's Artemis.

The America's Cup has become a pawn in local politics, with Bermuda's Premier dissolving Parliament and calling a snap election for 18 July. Video

Artemis convincingly beat Dean Barker's Softbank Team Japan and will go up against Team New Zealand in the America's Cup challenger final.

Team New Zealand will face either its former skipper or its Bermudian neighbour in the America's Cup challenger finals starting on Sunday morning.

Team New Zealand will head into tomorrow's third day of America's Cup challenger semi-finals without a spare wing.