Amy Williams

A retired eye surgeon charged with murdering his wife has pleaded guilty to methamphetamine charges before the start of his trial in Auckland. Reporter Amy Williams spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

There are calls for the police to investigate why a religious organisation deliberately destroyed 27 years worth of records of children in its care. The Royal Commission of Inquiry said its… Audio

A woman born intersex who was rejected by her mother then abused in state care says she felt re-traumatised when an investigator told her she was not the right demographic to give her testimony at a… Audio

The report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care is released this afternoon - a woman born intersex tells reporter Amy Williams about her experience of abuse. Audio

A woman whose newborn baby was taken from her while she was sleeping in an Anglican-run home for unwed mothers wants the church to issue a public apology and the country's adoption laws replaced… Audio

From Monday to Friday at noon, 100 people gather in the middle of Mangere's town centre dressed in colourful hats and shirts for an hour long dance class, the classes started in 2013 as part of a plan… Audio

Amy has been talking to Mangere residents, who say they feel like they are losing part of the community as more and more flood-damaged homes are bulldozed. Kainga Ora says close to ninety state homes… Audio

Residents of an apartment building run by Auckland City Mission say anti-social behaviour in the area shouldn't be blamed on them. The apartments are on a side street in the city's red light district… Audio

Mangere residents say they feel like they are losing part of the community as more and more flood-damaged homes are bulldozed. Kainga Ora says close to ninety state homes hit by floods in Auckland… Audio

One-third of budgeting services face closure after their government funding was chopped - and they warn the recession means other free financial services are too busy to pick up their clients. Amy… Audio

More than a hundred Aucklanders in financial hardship are still living in temporary accommodation provided by the government's disaster service, following last year's catastrophic storms. Amy Williams… Audio

Auckland City Mission held its annual fundraising cook-off on Monday night, inviting 150 guests experiencing homelessness or food insecurity to a three-course meal cooked by celebrity chefs and… Audio

A woman who was sexually abused as a child by a minister of a secretive sect says the religious group's written apology is welcome, but actions need to follow the words. Amy Williams reports. Audio

A woman who was a victim of sexual violence as a child has spoken for the first time of the abuse and how the secretive sect she was raised in turned a blind eye and later condoned her husband's… Audio

RNZ reporter Amy Williams speaks to Lisa Owen from the New Lynn bus station where a mass brawl is planned and police have stepped up patrols. Audio

An American minister of a global secretive sect who was outed as a paedophile and sexual predator after his death had visited New Zealand multiple times to attend the religious group's annual… Audio

A New Zealand woman who as a child was sexually abused by a member of a secretive sect under investigation by the FBI says the religious group's leaders spent three years trying to get the man to… Audio

Former members of a secretive sect under investigation by the FBI for historical child sexual abuse warn it is a highly controlling and insular group with many unwritten rules. Amy Williams reports. Audio