Wellington Region

It's a decidedly mixed bag for Wellington's inner-city businesses getting used to the new normal of Delta level 2.

Police can't confirm whether or not an experienced tramper stuck in the Tararua Forest park north of Wellington has made it to a hut.

The police have confirmed the suspicious parcel which caused alarm at the Beehive this morning was carrying an "innocuous mineral substance."

It's been two years since Country Life started following Te Hera vineyard's John Douglas through a vintage. 2020 turned out to be an interesting one, with harvest occurring during the pandemic…

The Wellington City Council says the area has seen an increase in pedestrians and cyclists exercising along the coastline since the beginning of lockdown.

One person has died in a crash on Shelly Bay Road in the Wellington suburb of Maupuia.

The playground slide in Frank Kitts Park on Wellington's waterfront is to be removed tomorrow for safety reasons.

Andrew Dalziel has been out in the dead of night during lockdown recording native birds in Wellington's Polhill Reserve. Audio

Wellington City councillors today received an update on the 'Pōneke Promise', detailing steps to make the CBD safer, including more information on moving a problematic toilet block in Te Aro Park.

Wellington's Covid-19 cases are being allowed to exercise in an underground car park, prompting concern that MIQ workers are being put at unnecessary risk.

There is some relief for Wellington restaurants and cafes come Wednesday when all of the country except Auckland and Northland drops to alert level 3.

Wellington's centralised mental health triage system is 30 percent understaffed, pushing out wait times and clinicians say it is making patients harder to treat.

Guardians of the Bays, which has previously won a legal battle against the airport over its plans to extend the runway, is considering options after a panel recommended the expansion go ahead.

Carterton councillors have unanimously adopted a plan that is hoped to ease the housing crisis in the district.

Councillors voted 11 to 5 for the project to progress, and now will move for approval from key stakeholders before accessing parts of the $350 million and beginning construction.

A treasured birthing centre in the Hutt Valley is poised to close its doors only three years after opening, leaving midwives and parents fearful about post natal care in the region.