Wellington Region

Breastfeeding has officially been banned in council-run pools after a mother was told to step out of a Wellington pool because she was breastfeeding her son.

Police have recovered drugs, a knife and firearms during three separate incidents in Masterton.

Wellington's new electric cross-harbour ferry is shaping up to slash its owners' fuel bill by $250,000 a year - and every kilogram counts towards efficiency.

A large blaze on the roof of a restaurant in central Wellington at the corner of Cuba St and Vivian St is now under control.

The Wellington region will be short up to 21,000 homes unless changes are made to the existing land-use rules, a new report has found.

Wellington's former mayor Justin Lester has had his bid for an election recount declined.

Sir Kim Workman has held many titles - cop, head of prisons, families commissioner, fierce campaigner for criminal justice reform, jazz musician and father. He's also his iwi's first knight

The Crown has closed its argument in the murder trial of David Lyttle, saying he took his friend's money and his life.

Five months on since the iconic Wellington marae Tapu te Ranga burnt to the ground, the clean up has made slow progress.

Masterton District Council has bought additional clay to cap its closed landfill but says it's part of an ongoing management plan rather than a response to the Fox River landfill disaster.

Paul Raymond Harris, the man who assaulted Green Party co-leader James Shaw, has been sentenced nine months in prison.

Wellington property owners can no longer take for granted that private insurers will take on as much risk as they have been, a council taskforce report says. Audio

Police have arrested three young people in relation to the assault on Bath Street, Levin yesterday evening that left a 90-year-old woman with serious injuries.

Wellington's new mayor says the recognition is a tribute to the capital's talented film community.

A new resource consent has been granted for the controversial Shelly Bay development in Wellington.

East by West was given the fine for a grounding that injured passengers, and health and safety breaches.