Stories by Amy Williams

The pain at the pump is expected to worsen over coming months as petrol companies pass on price hikes from a cut in global oil production and sanctions on Russian marine oil tankers.

Auckland commuters have been slow to return to public transport with many still working from home at least part of the week, unwilling to risk a service that is still too hit and miss for many…

Covid-19 restrictions have eased and the border is open - it is the summer Auckland has been waiting for, but there is a big hole in the promotions budget.

A Consumer New Zealand investigation has found some rental property agencies are collecting unnecessary, and in some cases potentially illegal information, from prospective tenants.

The Ministry of Education made the decision while awaiting its own order for air purifiers to arrive in the country.

Workers who deliver hundreds of tonnes of Gib to building sites across Auckland each day are striking for better pay.

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

The High Court in Auckland has heard how several defendants in a trial over alleged concealed political donations claimed not to be aware of electoral disclosure rules.

A defence lawyer for a businessman at the centre of a political donations trial has told the court his client is not a fraudster and did not conceal his identity as the Crown alleges.

A lengthy trial over alleged concealed political donations is drawing to a close, with the defence due to start its closing statements today.

Thousands of school kids are getting a taste of literary life and what it takes to be an author at the Auckland Writers Festival this week.

The local Korean community is shocked there is a likely link between the deaths of two children and a migrant from their home country.

A forensic pathologist says the bodies of two young children found among a storage unit's abandoned contents earlier this month have likely been reduced to skeletons.

A wealthy businessman at the centre of a political donations trial offered $33 million as bail security in his bid to travel overseas - the largest sum ever put on the Crown's table in New Zealand, a…

A former detective inspector says a storage unit where human remains appear to have been kept will be the initial focus of the police's investigation into the grisly discovery.

It has been six years years since Sarah travelled overseas, now Air New Zealand's announcement to cut flights has put her plans in doubt.

Former National Party leader Simon Bridges has given evidence in a trial over alleged concealed political donations, agreeing Jami-Lee Ross became a political kamikaze.

Greg Hamilton says he repeatedly asked then MP Jami-Lee Ross to provide information about the donors behind a large donation to the party but the information was not forthcoming.

Former National MP Jami-Lee Ross told the police he sounded the alarm over a donation to the party because he thought it was dodgy and potentially illegal.

Former Labour Party leader Andrew Little and the Prime Minister's chief press secretary have appeared as witnesses in a trial about anonymous donations to the country's two biggest political parties.

An employment advocate whose business has been liquidated by court order plans to continue representing workers at the centre of alleged bullying cases.

Labour ministers Andrew Little and Michael Wood will give evidence later this week in a High Court trial over an alleged concealed donation in 2017.

The first week of a major trial concerning political donations has started to unravel the alleged money trail from anonymous donors to Labour and National.

Less than 200 wealthy foreigners gained residency under the investor visa categories last year, despite 400 places being available.

New Zealand toy company Zuru plans to sue former employees who anonymously wrote scathing online reviews of the company, according to court documents.