Wellington Region

Maia Johnston left a family address in Totara Park, Upper Hutt, at around 8.30pm on Saturday.

Support from the community will see 20 loaves of Vonz Kaukau's bread added to an Upper Hutt foodbank ahead of Christmas.

Being able to swim is often considered a life skill, but tough economic times are forcing many families to pull their children out of lessons.

The hub was part of the 'Pōneke Promise' - a joint social contract between council, the hospitality industry, retailers and police.

"Put it this way, you can't taste it anymore," one resident says. Audio

The council voted earlier this month to tear down the footbridge connecting the capital's waterfront and Civic Square, but is holding off after action from a lobby group.

A group of high-profile Wellingtonians are launching a series of events about the future of the city, with the first to feature film director James Cameron.

That equated to nearly 20,000 jobs, economist Shamubeel Eaqub's data shows.

The New Zealand Campus of Innovation and Sport in Trentham said it was working with police on site.

A new plan has been hatched to try to resolve a years-long fight to protect native fish at Transmission Gully.

Health NZ is asking companies to tender for the construction of a new mental health unit in the Hutt Valley, without first getting the approval to build it.

However, motorists are being warned of delays as congestion around the capital clears.

Police arrested three people during a gang tangi and procession in Wellington, but there was only one breach of gang patch laws at the event.

Emergency services were called to Kotuku St in Elsdon in the early hours of 1 December, to find 43-year-old Sean Remnant with critical injuries.

Wellington City Council has locked in a new long-term plan and told government MPs to "stay in their lane".

The The Transport Agency and Wellington Gateway Partnership have been wrangling over claims that work areas have not been properly cleared up.

One councillor called it a waste of time and ratepayers' money, saying the council should keep out of "central government barn politics".

New data shows buyers willing to move, and something surprising in the capital.

Tory Whanau is confident councillors will reach consensus on budget savings in the long-term plan.

The council already had a six-hour meeting in late November to rebalance the budget.