Wellington Region

The pamplets make claims about council spending, speed limits, and the broadcasting of Islamic calls to prayer. Audio

More of the country may be in for downpours heading into the last week of winter. Audio

For the past two years, the Upper Hutt community of Katherine Mansfield Drive had been fighting to keep chainsaws away from a stand of beech trees.

About 60 homes are still without power, in a day that has seen parts of the lower North Island inundated with water.

The wet weather is targeting Mount Taranaki with up to 80mm of rain expected early on Tuesday morning.

Water is back on in the Wellington suburb of Karori, but there is an outage in a number of streets in the city's northern suburbs.

A Masterton council staffer sold a plaque to a scrapyard, despite it being entrusted to the archive, sparking an internal investigation.

The benefits of providing alcohol-dependent men with a safe haven have surprised a city mission. Audio

Disorganised recruitment of driver testing officers by NZTA has left one driving instructor thousands of dollars out of pocket and another at a loose end, the instructors say. Audio

Wellington Water says the burst pipe that caused flooding and traffic chaos was repaired late Wednesday.

Two vehicles collided on State Highway One, leaving two people in moderate and serious conditions.

Multiple heavy rain, snowfall and strong wind warnings and watches are in place across the country.

The murder convictions of Gail Maney and Stephen Stone appear to be hanging by a thread after a bombshell in court. Adam Dudding reports. Audio

The move comes as rising energy, insurance and staffing costs lead to a $30m funding gap. Audio

A survey shows only 2.7 bikes on average are secured to the rack but it's still "a no-brainer" asset for Wellington Audio

Tasks such as paying rates, parking fines or dog registration will have to be done online.

A man who died on Parliament grounds was distraught over the impending sale of the waterfront home he shared with his elderly mother who had racked up $40,000 in mortgage arrears, the man's sister…

Each year group will have between two and five days at home.

Wellington police say two men have been arrested at a petrol station in Petone.

Three people facing charges of corruption and bribery of enforcement staff have appeared in Wellington District Court on Tuesday.