Wellington Region

Wellington iwi are hopeful a new housing partnership with the Hutt City Council will get more Māori in the city owning homes.

Restaurants and cafes in Wellington struggling to get back on their feet after the first lockdown say the return to alert level 2 is a familiar but unwelcome move.

A third man has been arrested and charged in relation to the murder of Lois Tolley in Upper Hutt nearly four years ago.

A group of Kāpiti Coast business owners are at odds with the district council over a project that they say could harm rather than improve local business.

There has been an increase in serious violence in Wellington with a number of fights breaking out in the city's entertainment district at night.

Police have arrested nine people for fighting, with one teenager charged with assault. One person was seriously injured from an apparent stabbing.

A prominent local government consultant has said that the lack of community engagement in the Three Waters Review is a potential risk to the initiative.

Wellington's carbon emissions are forecast to drop a quarter over the next decade - but the capital's still well short of meeting its plan of being carbon neutral by 2050.

Government funding for a long championed cycleway in Wellington is being enthusiastically received.

National is promising to connect Ōtaki to Wellington's electric commuter train network and fast-track a four-lane expressway from Ōtaki to Levin.

Ngapaki Gripp is on trial for murder in the High Court at Wellington. He's charged over the death of Hone Pawa last May. Pawa died after being stabbed six times during a fight.

Wellington's future is looking upwards - with high-density, higher-storey buildings being tipped as the solution for its expanding population.

A new taxi company has launched in an effort to fill the void left by Green Cabs, which was put into liquidation in May.