Amy Williams
Auckland transport: Bus routes cancelled after talks break down
Bus cancellations on routes operated by NZ Bus are going ahead in Auckland today after an eleventh hour meeting on Sunday night failed to solve a dispute between NZ Bus and the bus drivers' union.
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Auckland maunga set alight by fireworks
Firefighters were called out to 72 blazes last night all of them sparked by fireworks and most of them in Auckland.
The largest fires were on Mount Wellington and Mount Eden. Ben Hocking, who was… Audio
K Road businesses nervous about City Rail Link works
Local businesses in K Road are worried demolition work needed to make way for the new Karangahape Rd (K Rd) City Rail Link station will cost them money.
RNZ Reporter Amy Williams is on K Rd. Audio
Auckland motorists warned of delays in wake of SkyCity fire
Motorists driving into Auckland's city centre on Tuesday morning are being warned of significant delays because there are still some road closures because of the SkyCity International Convention… Audio
City roads start to reopen around the convention centre fire
Central city roads are slowly starting to reopen around the convention centre. Traffic should move a little easier this morning around Auckland city as cordons protecting the still burning SkyCity… Audio
Central city roads in Auckland are slowly starting to reopen
Central city roads in Auckland are slowly starting to reopen around the SkyCity convention centre. Overnight seventy fire-fighters worked on the fire to ensure hotspots don't flare up again. And more… Audio
Fire crews hugging each other as fire continues burning
Plumes of smoke continue to trail over central Auckland this morning, as the fire continues to burn in the Sky City Convention Centre. RNZ reporter Amy Williams says she saw fire crews hugging one… Audio
Firefighters yet to get on roof to directly tackle the fire
The fire at the Sky City Convention Centre is still burning this morning. Road closures are still in place and will be through the morning peak period. About 25 Fire and Emergency vehicles remain on… Audio
Whole day to get fire under control
Fire and Emergency says it could take a whole day to get the fire at the SkyCity Convention Centre under control. Flames are still erupting from the roof and black smoke is still billowing from the… Audio
Roof sacrificed, Convention Centre still burns
The Sky City Convention centre is still burning this morning with flames still visible and black smoke billowing from the building and across the city. Auckland's mayor Phil Goff says the smoke is… Audio
Sky City convention centre still on fire
Orange flames and black smoke are still billowing out from the roof of the convention centre in Auckland. Firefighters say the fire that started early yesterday afternoon is still not under control -… Audio
Auckland pop-up ballot boxes swamped with last-minute votes
Hundreds of young people have swamped pop-up ballot boxes in Auckland to cast last minute votes in local government elections.
Organisers of a pop-up voting station at Auckland University had to… Audio
Plug pulled on Sandringham Street Festival
A long-running community festival in the Prime Minister's electorate has had the plug pulled. Auckland Transport has vetoed road closures for the annual Sandringham Street Festival, saying it doesn't… Audio
Petrol prices to rise following Saudi attacks - importer
Fuel importers have confirmed there will be price-hikes at the petrol pump within a week, following the weekend attack on an oil plant in Saudi Arabia.
Global oil prices have jumped by 18 percent… Video, Audio
Measles: School nurses to vaccinate Auckland students
School nurses are finally being signed off as vaccinators to reach 17,000 or so Auckland high school students who may not have had the MMR jab.
Dozens of nurses are doing their final practical… Audio
Principals worried about students facing exams in measles scare
High school principals say they're worried about the pressure on students preparing for upcoming national exams amidst an escalating measles outbreak in Auckland.
The number of confirmed cases is… Audio
Pop-up clinics open as measles spreads across Auckland
More than 800 people in Auckland have now caught the measles, with more than 50 schools and a similar number of childcare centres experiencing cases this year.
More than 20 Auckland secondary schools… Audio
'Owha' the leopard seal moves to Hobsonville Pt
Owha the marauding leopard seal is something of a local legend in Auckland's Upper Waitematā Harbour.
The seal has made a wharf and a marina there her home for the last five years.
But much to… Video, Audio
Fears national treasures will leave NZ due to price wars
Some historians are concerned New Zealand's public libraries and museums are being priced out of buying national treasures by private investors snapping up items from the country's early history. Video, Audio
600 public psychologists refusing to work overtime
One week into a nationwide strike by psychologists working for the public health system, at least one mental health service for children and adolescents has been put on hold. Audio