Maurice Williamson

Muriwai home owners still have no idea how the value of their flood damaged properties will be calculated for the joint government/council buy-out scheme 24 Muriwai properties were yesterday deemed… Video, Audio

Howick Ward councillor, Maurice Williamson is warning of a wild and rough ride at today's meeting.

A strong supporter of selling the Council's airport shares, he described yesterday's budget debate… Audio

It's crunch time for Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown as he attempts to get his final budget signed off by city Councillors. The main sticking point is the sale of the Council's $2.2 billion worth of shares… Audio

This morning, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is expected to unveil his plans to address a $325 million budget hole.

That will include a bid to sell off the council's 18% share in strategic asset Auckland… Audio

Auckland Council is scrambling to find a way to fill its growing budget hole.

Yesterday the council announced it had gone up another $30 million and is now $325 million - plus another $50 million in… Audio

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is proposing a below-inflation rates rise of 4.66 percent - while at the same time claiming the city's facing a debt crisis. 

The full details have not been released… Audio

The Auckland City Council is facing a $295 million budget shortfall for next year, and yet its expenditure control and procurement committee won't be meeting next week because they have nothing to… Audio

Auckland Council's fiscal hole just got $25 million deeper overnight according to the Mayor.

Wayne Brown says the Reserve Bank forecasts unveiled yesterday have blown the city's budget shortfall out… Video, Audio

Former National Party MP and Auckland council hopeful Maurice Williamson, says he's had more than 20 billboards destroyed and others defaced.

His comments come after concern was raised earlier this… Audio

In last year of the old millennium, governments and businesses warned us all of the dangers of the Y2K Bug. So did the hype help? Or was this bug never going to bite? Audio

Why is a Soviet ship lying on the bottom of the Marlborough Sounds? Produced by Justin Gregory. Audio

NZ's Consul General to the US, Maurice Williamson is on the outskirts of LA and updates us on the terrifying wildfires hitting California which he says are spreading the length of a football field… Audio

The broadcasters we have today were largely shaped by political decisions made more than 25 years ago. Mediawatch rounds up the media policies that political parties are offering this time round - if… Audio

Valedictory statements are frequently funny as well as insightful. Maurice Williamson's was memorable for his stories told with a famously edgy humour. Audio