Wellington Region

Wellington councillors have voted to expand the mayor's proposed taskforce on the city's water problems, to include business and community members and water experts.

The deadline to finish the massive Transmission Gully motorway project is now 1 November or the builder could be fined $16,000 a day.

Wellingtonians living above major sewerage works are fed up with the late night noise and what they say are broken promises to sort it out.

The National War Memorial in Wellington has been closed indefinitely after engineers found it to be earthquake prone.

Filmmakers Sir Peter Jackson and Dame Fran Walsh have threatened high court action over decisions about the contentious Shelly Bay development in Wellington.

Mana whenua are being stretched to capacity to help solve the capital's water crisis, a Taranaki whānui representative has said.

An ordnance disposal team is at an Upper Hutt landfill after a grenade was found.

A new taskforce on Wellington water issues will examine the state of affairs that has led to the crisis in the capital, as well as come up with an action plan to be put to council.

Despite an urgent meeting about Wellington's ageing and leaking sewerage system it is still not clear when the problems are going to be fixed.

Wellington Water have told the Mayor the city's water problems aren't simply due to underfunding, but increased expectations from the community on water quality.

Wellington's water authorities will hold an emergency meeting today to try to find a solution to the onslaught of pollution affecting the city's rivers and beaches.

A woman reported missing in Wellington on Saturday has been found

A Wellington councillor says the city's water infrastructure is in crisis and needs a fundamental overhaul.