Wellington Region

Candidate Tory Whanau will not be taking the posters, despite criticising a fellow candidate over early election advertising.

Wellington cyclists claim they are taking their lives in their own hands riding around the Botanic Gardens - but there are fears a cycleway will be terrible for business and residents.

Wellington Hospital faces spending an extra $2 million outsourcing scanning while it upgrades its radiology equipment.

Wellington Hospital needs to spend $5.4 million on construction to fit in its new scanning equipment.

A large slip on one of the main routes into Wellington's CBD is disrupting traffic.

Two people are in hospital in critical condition after separate early-morning assaults in Wellington and Christchurch today.

The victim, who was stabbed in the leg, was given "lifesaving" emergency first aid by a passer-by, police say.

Two men have been arrested in relation to a spate of burglaries and thefts from residential construction sites in Lower Hutt.

Wellington residents are hearing more birdsong as data reveals native birds have increased by 51 percent. Audio

Police say they are looking at a number of prosecutions after about 1000 anti-government protesters marched onto the busy Auckland Southern Motorway today.

The week's wild weather has left a wake of travel disruptions and damage, with many roads still affected, and two Wellington homes red stickered this morning.

A bank in Paraparaumu was held up near closing time on Friday by a robber police believe was wielding a gun.

Wellington Airport and airlines affected by the wild weather say with fewer staff and planes, transferring passengers onto other flights is more difficult than ever. Audio

All flights in and out of Wellington have been cancelled until further notice due to the bad weather, with today's ferry sailings also cancelled.

There are 1676 homes are without power in Titahi Bay and Paremata near Wellington this evening.

Tensions ran high during discussions on co-governance last week as South Wairarapa councillors prepared their submission on the government's Water Services Entities Bill.

Wairarapa's emergency department hit an all-time staffing low on Sunday, with only two nurses rostered on the overnight shift.

The manager of a Brooklyn liquor store targed in a ram raid says thieves have "broken everything".

The SAFE and NZALA groups believe a win in the High Court over a code of welfare may force the government to ban the entertainment sport.

As well as restricting vehicle access, the plan would see all car parks along the roads removed, most side streets closed off to become culs-de-sac, and footpaths widened.