Wellington Region

The finance minister has implored public servants to bring new ideas to the table, while acknowledging she was "asking a lot" at an "unsettling" time.

Hutt Valley High School has told parents someone is manipulating teenagers into sending explicit images and then blackmailing them.

Rosie Morunga is one of three people of interest in the homicide investigation, including partner Dylan Ross, and Baby Ru's mother, Storm Wall.

Simeon Brown has set a "deeply worrying" low bar with his stated reasons for stepping in, a professor says. Audio

Lower Hutt's mayor says most metropolitan councils will soon face the same problem Wellington does on funding water infrastructure. Audio

A link road on the major Wellington highway is being closed - just two years after it was opened.

Porirua City Council says the road will be closed for up to five months.

Tory Whanau says her council will work collaboratively with the government, after its decision to appoint a Crown Observer.

The building is among a host of courts nationwide that need expensive work done to make them safe or suitable to use.

No-one has yet been charged over the brutal attack that fractured the toddler's tiny skull.

Four of the White Ferns squad are all former Tawa College students, and there were bleary and teary eyes at the Wellington school this morning as the team took out the T20 Cricket World Cup for the…

Tory Whanau says councillors should look to "share the pain" across the city as they consider project cuts following the airport vote.

Luke Smith, 21, was rushed to hospital in the early hours of 6 October and died when his life support was removed

Chris Penk will have the final say on if the suburb returns to its former name.

The Buller District Council has reached an agreement with Nelson-based Originair, which will start services from 3 January.

The Detail: In the space of a decade, Featherston has reinvented itself.

The bell is "worth very little in terms of metal, but it's worth a lot to our community".

A man working nearby said he thought the council was putting in "a kayak lane" and lamented the impact on local businesses.

City councillors could sell off the land underneath some CBD buildings to pay for the council's insurance risk.