Wellington Region

The school closed a block after it failed an earthquake assessment, and wants to pull the building down and start from scratch. Audio

Wellington Girls' College is closed and timetables are being reorganised to work around the lack of classrooms. Audio

The wastewater pipe in Eastbourne burst on Saturday afternoon, forcing the closure of three public beaches.

The pair swam an hour to reach the island and once ashore, used matches from their waterproof survival kit to light a fire. Audio

The turnout was the lowest level recorded in Wellington since 2002.

A dead weasel has been found in the Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary, leaving staff wondering how it made its way in. Audio

Wellington's water provider hopes it can start excavating the site of a broken sewerage pipe in the Eastbourne harbour in Lower Hutt on Monday morning. Audio

Eastbourne residents are being asked to reduce the use of toilets and showers, to ease pressure on the wastewater network.

Scott Robertson lamented his side's lack of finishing quality in their defeat at the hands of Argentina.

One experienced nurse has told RNZ recent demand has "brought staff to their knees".

Police were called to the scene about 7.30am and a person has been taken to hospital.

The Argentina Pumas have clawed to a win over the All Blacks 38-30 in Wellington.

A seismologist says New Zealand is unlikely to have a megaquake such as the one Japan is on high alert for, but a lesser quake could still be more devastating.

Repairs on the Aratere ferry are continuing overnight, after the troubled Interislander ferry was damaged berthing into Wellington Harbour on Thursday.

"I just feel fundamentally uncomfortable about playing role of traffic engineer here," one of three councillors who left a vote on pedestrian crossings says.

One business owner says she will be "massively out of pocket" after some of her customers' orders were on the truck.

It will ensure Māori have greater access to decision-making at a local level, the mayor says.

Wellington City Council is testifying at the inquest into the death of Sandy Calkin, who drowned after being last seen walking on Queens Wharf in July 2021.

The iReX Project was initially estimated to cost $775m when KiwiRail submitted its business case in 2018.

The vehicle crashed a short time later in Otaki and the man was taken into custody.