Amy Williams

The 'no paywave' sign may soon become a thing of the past - as new legislation to regulate transaction charges is announced.

Caps will be set on the amount banks can charge retailers for credit and… Video, Audio

A 4-year-old boy who went missing in rural East Cape yesterday afternoon has been found alive. Hundreds of search and rescue volunteers were involved in the search. RNZ reporter Amy Williams talks to… Audio

A full-scale search for a missing four-year-old is underway in Tolaga Bay on the East Coast.

The police and around 200 volunteers are scouring land near the town for the 4-year-old boy named Axel.

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Parents of children with special needs are being asked to reduce the hours their children attend school, or take an extended break to avoid being expelled altogether.

Disability advocates say this… Audio

Doctors at Auckland Hospital have been told they can't fly to Australia for business or continuing education when the quarantine-free travel bubble opens later this month.

Auckland District Health… Audio

Olympians and the Black Caps have been given the green light to apply for Covid-19 vaccinations from next week, so they can head away for their events.

The government has confirmed strict criteria… Audio

Those struggling to afford their first home say the government's housing package does not go far enough to help them get a foot in the door and address the imbalance favouring speculators.

Landlords… Audio

Two people are dead and another critically injured after a stabbing at a house in the Auckland suburb of Epsom this morning.

The police have been at the scene all day, and have cordoned off the… Video, Audio

Two people have died in a stabbing in the central Auckland suburb of Epsom. The police were called to the area around 11.30 this morning. RNZ reporter Amy Williams is there and speaks to Māni Dunlop.

While Team New Zealand was busy capturing hearts for some the real hero was a food truck by the waterfront, dishing up free food, and capturing stomachs.

The owners of Taco Medic from Queenstown… Audio

The largest superyacht destined for New Zealand in time for the America's Cup has been stopped by Immigration, which says there are too many crew on board.

It means New Zealand may miss out on up to… Video, Audio

The marine sector is warning it's at crisis point - with few superyacht owners booking refits because they can't travel to New Zealand to do them.

Currently the only way to get a foreign vessel here… Video, Audio

Health officials are attempting to lock down people, rather than the whole of Auckland, following the latest Covid-19 community cases announced last night.

Three members of a Papatoetoe High whānau… Audio

Kmart Botany has been closed for deep cleaning after a worker tested positive for Covid-19.

The teenager who recently tested positive for Covid-19 worked two shifts at the Botany Kmart last week… Audio

A teenager who recently tested positive for Covid-19 worked two shifts at the Botany Kmart last week despite advice from their school for all households to stay home until they got a negative test.

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The country's Covid vaccine roll-out is officially underway, with a small group of vaccinators getting the Pfizer jab today.

Just 25 people - mostly nurses - received their inoculation at Auckland's… Audio

Auckland's lockdown will cause barely a ripple to the economy if restrictions can ease at midnight on Wednesday.

That's the take of ASB bank who say any spending freeze this week can be caught up on… Audio

Auckland hotel operators are limping through summer with average bookings half that of last year and showing little boost from the America's Cup.

And across the country some hotels in pre-Covid… Audio