Anneke Smith

More people are responding to news they're on a list of names put together by a Chinese tech company linked to China's military and intelligence apparatus.

Only a small amount of the database has… Audio

Aucklanders could be forgiven for thinking homelessness is on the rise with a noticable increase in people on the street over the past few weeks.

Businesses along Karangahape Road - an area typically… Audio

A woman whose husband was killed in a heli-skiing crash says her fight through the justice system felt like a "David and Goliath" battle.

Adelle Box represented herself at an inquest for her partner… Audio

Aucklanders returning to the city arrived to a new normal today - with vast numbers of people donning masks and face coverings.

They're now compulsory on public transport, while schools and… Audio

Auckland is officially at Alert Level 2, or Alert Level 2.5 as some people are calling it.

The city is reopening, but there are still strict social distancing requirements and members of the public… Audio

Auckland is back at Alert Level 2, or at Alert Level 2.5 as some would call it.

Reporter Anneke Smith is on Queen Street.

She speaks to Corin Dann. Audio

The sentencing of the man responsible for the 15 March terror attacks will begin on Monday in a court hearing that will be far different from any seen in NZ before.

Fifty-one worshippers were… Audio

Much of the country has had a good dumping of rainfall today.

Severe weather warnings were in place for Northland and Auckland as strong gales and rain lashed the regions.

Anneke Smith has more. Audio

Health leaders concerned for the Pacific community around the Auckland covid-19 cluster. Audio

Pacific health leaders are warning of a 'wildfire' outbreak of Covid-19 in the Pacific community if the Auckland cluster isn't fully contained.

Just under 70 percent of the current Auckland cluster… Audio

Auckland's testing centres were inundated today as thousands of people lined up for Covid-19 tests.

Even the early birds who showed up as sites opened couldn't escape the queues that saw hundreds of… Audio

A former Auckland school teacher is on trial in the High Court accused of abusing six teenage boys.

Benjamin Swann has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of doing an indecent act on a young person.

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Covid-19 has complicated our court system, caused more stress for victims of crime, and failed the dictum that everyone has a right to a speedy trial.   Audio

Defence lawyers want an urgent review of all Covid-19 prosecutions because they are adding to a massive backlog of cases in the District Court.

It says the police risk overwhelming an… Audio

Significant changes are afoot in the country's largest and busiest court as a special group finalises its recommendations to make the justice system more efficient.

The District Court all but shut… Audio

Defendants are facing long and stressful waits for jury trials due to a huge court backlog caused by Covid-19.

The Chief Justice was forced to suspend jury trials in March as the country braced… Audio

A woman has appeared in court charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Constable Matthew Hunt in West Auckland.

The 28-year-old was killed and another officer shot in the leg during a routine… Audio

Auckland is on the cusp of an emergency water crisis as it stares down the barrel of the region's worst drought in 25 years with reservoirs at just 43 percent. The Auckland Council is scrambling to… Video, Audio