Wellington Region

Three people are seriously injured after a crash has closed a lane of State Highway 2 in Upper Hutt.

A group of protesters have been stopped from entering a Parliamentary building, and Beehive security is screening people coming and going.

Wellington renters say they've had enough of exorbitant prices and hunting for properties in an overheated market.

Officers arrived on Upper Hutt's Main Street about 6pm on Wednesday and found a man unconscious on the street. They performed CPR but he died at the scene.

Council candidates on the Kāpiti Coast - including the mayor - are refusing to share the stage with convicted sex offender and former councillor David Scott.

New Zealand Transport Agency said delays to some "critical construction" of the project meant they have to reassess the May 2020 opening date.

More complaints are coming in about the poor treatment of Wellington in-home care clients.

Earthquake-prone building notices were taken down from Wellington's central railway station without council signoff as KiwiRail and the city council disputed the issue.

The daughter of an 84-year-old-woman went on social media this week to criticise a lack of care her mum has been receiving from the Nurse Maude organisation.

Motorists will not be tolled on Wellington's $850m Transmission Gully motorway despite advice to transport planners that tolling is a smart way to go.

Runoff from the huge Transmission Gully roading project in Wellington has contributed to sediment build-up suffocating wildlife in Porirua Harbour, a survey shows.

Wellington city councillors have voted against a move to dig deeper into the details around the controversial Shelly Bay project.

An intermediate school says it posted 500 student reports home, but they never made it. Audio

A Wellington apartment owner facing sky-rocketing insurance premiums is demanding the government take over the natural disaster insurance industry.

A staff member at Capital and Coast DHB has been the victim of a phishing scam, leading their account to send thousands of emails all across the world.

The first sod has been turned on Wellington's convention centre, just across the road from Te Papa.

A man who sold a plane of Sir Peter Jackon's without his knowledge, and did not pass on the money paid for it, is on trial in the High Court in Wellington.

Two men charged with possession and supply of cannabis have been remanded on bail until after being arrested at an address known as the Daktory.