Wellington Region

Heritage NZ is "deeply disappointed" at the Wellington building's seemingly imminent demolition and says refurbishment is still achievable.

In 2023, Craig Shepherd pleaded guilty to four assault charges in relation to three women, two of them Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust employees.

Faulty sewers may have played a role in the full-scale evacuation of a Wellington sports centre on Saturday afternoon.

The not-for-profit wildlife centre put out a plea for financial help last week.

The route between the capital and Masterton has been plagued by issues for the first half of this year.

Unwanted visitors have made their way into Wellington sanctuary.

They include strangulation, threatening to kill, and making and distributing an intimate recording.

Police received reports of the vehicle being driven erratically in the Eastbourne area around 8.30am today.

The Terrace Tunnel on State Highway 1 in Wellington has reopened after an armed police stop.

A community co-ordinator says Oliver Hayes is the second person to die at the council-run apartment complex in a fortnight.

Neighbours had expressed concern for the man because he could barely walk.

Last month the polytechnic revealed a plan to cut nearly 60 positions and over a dozen programmes.

The new candidate is the former director of sustainability at Kāinga Ora and former Chartered Accountant from KPMG.

Police were called to the scene in Newtown on Saturday.

Emergency services were called to a Newtown address around 7.15pm on Saturday night.

The new clinic will be housed at the former Te Awakairangi Birthing Centre from July.

More than 100,000 customers in Wellington and nearby areas lost fibre for more than an hour on Friday morning.

Interislander has canned all passenger sailings for Saturday.

Chung wants to custs costs - starting with council employees, despite an admission he does not know what "a lot of these people do". Audio

People have lost thousands of dollars due to card skimming incidents according to police.