Wellington Region

Iwi members fighting the sale of land at Marukaikuru / Shelly Bay in court say they have been dealt a bitter blow after a major party pulled their funding for the case.

Spicer Landfill and Trash Palace in Porirua are currently without power after heavy rain hit the city this morning.

Police are working to formally identify the body of a man found in a Porirua pond this morning.

Wellington's public transport bus fleet could be fully electric within a decade.

Eleven hectares of land in Wellington's Outer Green Belt has been handed over to a university project to plant native forest.

Upper Hutt City Council has rejected funding the rollout of universal water meters, potentially putting themselves at odds with the rest of the region.

Porirua City Council is helping one family find accommodation after their home was made uninhabitable by flooding.

Southerly gales and heavy rain in the Wellington region have brought down trees, delayed flights and prompted warnings for drivers.

At least 15 homes are uninhabitable after flash flooding in Plimmerton north of Wellington that closed State Highway 1.

Some services on the Hutt Valley Wairarapa train line from Wellington were cancelled this morning, while police investigated a report of an incident.

A lockdown at Wellington High school was because of a "credible, serious" threat with possible links to white supremacy, police told the principal, but there is no evidence it targeted LGBTQI people.

An advertisement for a central Wellington flat at the cost of $815 has sparked an angry reaction from Wellington renters, who have described it as not even fit for a dog, with bedrooms more like… Audio

A new shared ferry terminal for Wellington won't be built in time for the arrival of KiwiRail's two new supersized boats.