Wellington Region

A group of students want the public to boycott an exhibition by a controversial artist who they're labelling a racist.

Petone residents are hopeful a planned water-bottling operation can be stopped before it even gets off the ground.

A 72-year-old woman who killed a motorcyclist when she drove on the wrong side of a motorway in Wellington has been sentenced to six months community detention.

Protests around the country - including more than 300 delivering an open letter to Parliament - have called for Oranga Tamariki to stop taking children from their families.

A Wellington mayoral candidate wants to turn half of a poorly used golf course into housing and community facilities.

A rare, highly valued trophy red stag was shot dead in its Wairarapa deer enclosure at the weekend.

A meeting for Wellington car enthusiasts drew a low turnout last night after a road roller rammed vehicles at a gathering in Upper Hutt the night before. Video

A man has made a brief appearance in court after a road roller was driven into a number of cars in Upper Hutt at around 12.25am today. Video

A serious shortage of midwives at the Hutt Valley District Health Board has led to care rationing and poses a risk to safe maternity services.

A year into the problem-plagued overhaul of the capital's bus network, the region's leaders say they still need more time to fix the problems.

A police officer who drove at more than twice the speed limit while pursuing suspects in Lower Hutt has been cleared by the Independent Police Conduct Authority.

A seal that popped up on Oriental Parade yesterday might choose to make Wellington its new home, according to a NIWA marine biologist.

Nearly 1400 homes and businesses were without power in parts of Wellington after an outage this evening.

Two Greenpeace activists have been arrested by police after climbing Wellington's Majestic Centre today.

A pair of little blue penguins found behind a rubbish bin in central Wellington have been spotted swimming away from a penguin haven where they had been resettled today.

The prominent Wellingtonian who served as a councillor for 23 years, gave a lifetime of community service to the capital, including a variety of volunteer work.

Greenpeace activists are climbing a multi-storey building in central Wellington to try to reach the headquarters of Austrian oil company OMV.