Wellington Region

A city councillor has questioned if the gifting of a Māori name to Wellington's Botanic Garden area is 'unreasonable use' of te reo.

Hinematererangi Mackey-Pasene has grown up in Māori spaces her entire life, but now, she's having to adjust to life among the "minority" at university

A young Muslim candidate in the Porirua local body elections fears vandals who have burned, knocked down and stolen her billboards appear to be singling her out.

Leaked emails show Weta Digital staff in Wellington expressed concern about being asked to go and support the campaign launch of a mayoral candidate financially backed by Sir Peter Jackson.

Thousands of people have gathered in Wellington for the first of six parades to celebrate te wiki o te reo Māori - the biggest turnout since they started.

A Hutt City Council candidate says racist, sexist and anti-Semitic slogans and swastikas have been scrawled on her billboards, and she was confronted by a man when she went to fix them.

Te Papa's museum's chief executive Geraint Martin is stepping down at the end of the year.

Three people are seriously injured after a crash has closed a lane of State Highway 2 in Upper Hutt.

A group of protesters have been stopped from entering a Parliamentary building, and Beehive security is screening people coming and going.

Wellington renters say they've had enough of exorbitant prices and hunting for properties in an overheated market.

Officers arrived on Upper Hutt's Main Street about 6pm on Wednesday and found a man unconscious on the street. They performed CPR but he died at the scene.

Council candidates on the Kāpiti Coast - including the mayor - are refusing to share the stage with convicted sex offender and former councillor David Scott.

New Zealand Transport Agency said delays to some "critical construction" of the project meant they have to reassess the May 2020 opening date.

More complaints are coming in about the poor treatment of Wellington in-home care clients.

Earthquake-prone building notices were taken down from Wellington's central railway station without council signoff as KiwiRail and the city council disputed the issue.

The daughter of an 84-year-old-woman went on social media this week to criticise a lack of care her mum has been receiving from the Nurse Maude organisation.

Motorists will not be tolled on Wellington's $850m Transmission Gully motorway despite advice to transport planners that tolling is a smart way to go.

Runoff from the huge Transmission Gully roading project in Wellington has contributed to sediment build-up suffocating wildlife in Porirua Harbour, a survey shows.