Wellington Region

A man has been charged with robbing a restaurant in the Wellington suburb of Miramar on Saturday and assaulting a member of its staff.

State Highway 2 between the Hutt Valley and Wairarapa has partially reopened after a serious crash closed it for about four hours this afternoon.

Police are investigating after an aggravated robbery at a restaurant in the Wellington suburb of Miramar.

A 41-gun salute will be held in Wellington at midday tomorrow in honour of Prince Philip.

Furious residents want authorities to do more to prevent incidents such as polystyrene waste being scattered across Wellington's south coastline, including through a marine reserve.

Carterton's E coli readings are proving a mystery to water boffins.

Mana whenua representatives in Wellington will be given full voting rights and will sit on nearly all council committees and subcommittees.

Social services are on site at an emergency housing facility in central Wellington today where a baby has died, and police say that so far, there's no indication of suspicious circumstances.

A Carterton council election candidate has called for more light on the district's major project - a multi-million dollar wastewater treatment plant estimated to cost $10 million.

A collision between a car and a truck on State Highway 2 near Wellington left one person seriously hurt, and partly blocked the highway causing traffic to build up.

Two repeat pāua poachers have been banned from fishing for three years.

Candidates in the Carterton council by-election say residents are "annoyed" and "frustrated" by the town's ongoing water contamination.

A Wellington councillor says she wants a landmark Wellington church closing over safety concerns to be strengthened and potentially used for housing.

A man arrested over the assault of two security guards at a Wellington music festival is also being investigated in connection with assaults on several women.

Fire fighters spent last night battling two small vegetation fires in high winds, and much of the South Island and parts of the lower North Island are being warned to prepare for severe weather today.

Wellington's landmark St Gerard's Church will close its doors later next month, after the owners failed to raise enough money to get the earthquake-prone building strengthened.

Emergency services in Wellington have spent the night responding to a fatal crash involving a bus and a male pedestrian in the central city.