Wellington Region

A proposal to charge commuters to park at Wellington's bus and train stations could drive people away from public transport, some mayors say, but a pro- public transport lobby group is in favour.

A woman involved in an abduction case where a woman's finger was severed because of a drug debt has been sentenced to three years and seven months in prison.

A spokesperson for the group occupying disputed land at Shelly Bay in Wellington, says "watch this space" with regards to future legal action.

A group of local businesses put forward the appeal, saying the decision to grant resource consent to a development at Shelly Bay on Wellington's Miramar Peninsula was unreasonable.

A trustee of one of the eminent climate sceptic organisations in the UK has been invited to speak at a Wellington City Council meeting.

Wellington authorities are putting a cork in bottomless brunches, saying too many people are "getting trolleyed" before lunch. Audio

Police have identified a person of interest involved in an indecent assault against a young boy on a Wairarapa train.

The base rate deal would increase pay for more than 300 drivers, about half of those in Wellington region, to meet the living wage.

Cordons around the Wellington's waterfront building, PwC have been removed after a threat this morning.

A Wellington man says the owner of a high-cost loan store tried to intimidate him after he emailed to complain about the business's conduct.

In Te Whanganui-a-Tara crashes over the past 10 years, cyclists and pedestrians made up nearly a third of all minor injuries, nearly half of all serious injuries, and 38 percent of all deaths.

A mayor on the government's steering committee could speak for the region, where a chief executive could not, Porirua mayor Anita Baker says.

The extent of the vacancies in crucial senior positions at the beleaguered massive Wellington transport overhaul programme has been revealed.

A heritage-listed building in central Wellington has suffered cracks to an original stained glass window after roading contractors busted a pipe.

A scrub fire at a Wellington park that caused smoke to drift across surrounding suburbs this morning has been extinguished.

A geyser of water higher than a two-storey building has erupted on a central Wellington street after a road repair crew hit a pipe.

Auditor-General John Ryan says it is not generally part of his role to determine if a council has complied with its legal obligations.