The Melling Bridge has been closed after a fuel truck collided with a building early this morning. The driver was seriously injured. Rutherford Street, between Melling Link and Connolly Street, ...

Regional councillors are working to cut costs and minimise impacts on services, starting with current exercises to freeze vacancies, to slim back office functions, anticipating the need for less ...

News from VUW Newly appointed 2026 JD Stout Fellow Dr Frances Hancock will use her fellowship to complete a co-authored book ...

The Wellington Region Emergency Management Office (WREMO) has launched a new emergency preparedness guide developed by and for disabled people, aiming to strengthen how disabled people plan for ...

Wellington City Council park rangers are installing motion-activated cameras in the Town Belt on Matairangi/Mt Victoria after a spate of vandalism that appears to target mountain bikers. In the ...

Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has resigned as chief executive of the Social Investment Agency. It comes after the police watchdog’s damning report into police’s response to ...

Critics of a second Mt Victoria tunnel launched a campaign against the plans last night, saying the project is too expensive, too disruptive and too focused on cars. Green MPs Julie Anne Genter ...

Local government leaders from across the Manawatu-Whanganui region have signalled support for a simpler and more effective system of local governance. The mayors of all city and district councils ...

The Government’s proposals to cap annual rates rises has met a mixed response from Wairarapa leaders. The Masterton ratepayers’ association has welcomed the move, while the response of the ...

A globally recognised electronic dance music festival, Ultra Worldwide, is coming to the country for the first time next year – and will be held in Wellington on April 10. 20,000 people are ...

A man charged with four counts of intentionally injuring a baby in Lower Hutt has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Members of the public yelled at the man when he appeared in the Hutt Valley ...

News from Wellington Airport A forest of 65 Christmas trees has sprouted at Wellington Airport, transforming the terminal in ...