Wellington Region

The blaze at the New World began in a freezer about 3.30am this morning.

Winstone Aggregates is trying to acquire a 24 hectare block of regional park land adjacent to the quarry in exchange for three blocks of regenerated quarry land totalling 30 hectares. Audio

The breadth of weaknesses in Wellington Water's management systems is being laid bare in a tender for a $37 million urgent overhaul.

High schoolers from around the country ran lines and paced the floor of a Wellington school last week, preparing for a Shakespeare showcase.

A group of tā moko artists have studied over 200 toi moko, or Māori ancestral heads with the hope of identifying their iwi and eventually returning them home.

Mana Brown was prosecuted under the Gangs Act 2024 after being spotted on CCTV cameras wearing a cap that included the word 'Nomad'.

"This is about safety, it's about discrimination against one user group, it's about the government's duty of care to keep us safe." Audio

Wellington's Capital Kiwi Project says all 10 chicks it has been monitoring have put on enough weight to fight off predators.

Some people in suburbs close to Wellington Airport have reported being refused rides from taxis at the airport due to the short distance of the trips. Audio

The government estimated the planned law change will save $8.2 billion across the country. Audio

The far right lane is open to traffic, but traffic is flowing slowly, police say.

The standards being scrapped are too broad and inconsistent, the Construction Minister says.

He allegedly entered a property with a long bladed weapon and tried to steal a vehicle.

Police used pepper spray, tasers, a police dog and a firearm to subdue a man during the incident.

Wellington will soon have articulated buses, with five ordered for Metlink's Route 2.

The three-vehicle crash was reported to emergency services about 8:45am, police said.

A sense of relief and justice was underscored by incredible heartache, as families of the Loafers Lodge fire victims "got justice".

We piece together Esarona David Lologa's background after his five-week trial.

The 50-year-old, who can now be named as Esarona David Lologa, set the Wellington boarding house alight.

Esarona Lologa, a "recidivist offender", had absconded from a mental health facility weeks before the fires, and police had no idea where he was.