Maurice Williamson
Muriwai home owners still unsure how flood buyouts to be calculated
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
Councillor warns of wild ride at day two of budget debate
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
Decision-day for the Council on passing the city's budget
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
Auckland mayor to address $325 million budget hole plans
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
Gaping hole grows wider for Auckland Council budget
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
Maurice Williamson on Brown's proposed rates rise, Auckland Airport share sale
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
Maurice Williamson defends decision to cancel council expenditure committee's first meeting
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 Councillor Maurice Williamson on cutting costs
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
Council candidate complains about billboard vandals
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
Are You Y2K OK?
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
"The Experience of a Lifetime"
Why is a Soviet ship lying on the bottom of the Marlborough Sounds? Produced by Justin Gregory. Audio
California Fires "huge and scary"
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
Broadcasting buried in policy parade
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
'It's been a great ride' - Maurice Williamson's valedictory
Valedictory statements are frequently funny as well as insightful. Maurice Williamson's was memorable for his stories told with a famously edgy humour. Audio
Williamson incident highlights benevolent sexism
The Labour Party says the Prime Minister's ponytail pulling saga has compromised his ability to deal with the offensive behaviour of National MP Maurice Williamson. Audio
Labour - PM should publicly reprimand Maurice Williamson
The Labour Party says the Prime Minister John Key should publicly reprimand his Pakuranga MP Maurice Williamson for his highly offensive behaviour as MC at a conference awards dinner. Audio
Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 2 May 2014
Maurice Williamson was not asked to intervene; Detective Inspector Mark Gutry resigns; Paul Dibble sculpture goes missing and no one notices for weeks; The cost of the Christchurch rebuild in dispute… Audio
Maurice Williamson on his resignation as a Minister
National Party MP Maurice Williamson yesterday resigned as a minister after it was revealed he called the police about their investigation into Chinese businessman Donghua Liu who was facing domestic… Audio
Minister quits after ringing police about an investigation
Police emails show Maurice Williamson told a senior Auckland police officer he wanted them to review the domestic assault case against a Chinese businessman because the man was investing a lot of… Audio