Wellington Region

The owner of a Wellington taxi company that charged a Scottish tourist $930 for a five minute ride, says the driver made a mistake.

Honking in the Mt Victoria tunnel is somewhat of a Wellington tradition - but one city councillor wants people to lay off the horn. Audio

Fog affecting flights in Wellington has prevented several ministers from being able to attend the first Cabinet meeting of the year.

A tuatara and a kiwi have been caught on camera facing off over a burrow. Video

The government says the Peka Peka interchange project - which would have cost up to $29m - wasn't worth it. Locals says canning the project is "short-sighted".

A group of teenagers struggling for help in Wellington Harbour are lucky rescuers reached them in time, police say.

An academic who sexually assaulted an 82-year-old woman at a resthome can now be named as Grant Hannis, a former associate professor of journalism at Massey University's Wellington campus.

A large fire at an Upper Hutt firewood depot was brought under control overnight.

At least 12 crews have been called to fight a fire in a commercial building in Trentham, Upper Hutt.

The family of a 37-year-old man who has been missing from Carterton for a week and a half a concerned for his welfare.

Two former Hutt Valley funeral directors have avoided jail relating to their mishandling of pre-paid funeral money.

A roading project promised for the Kāpiti Coast under the previous government is not going ahead.

Students in Wellington heading to university are among those struggling to find somewhere to live as flat hunting gets competitive. Audio

Services are resuming on the Wellington line but commuters are warned to expect "major" delays.

Wellington has become the country's most expensive city to rent in, after Trade Me figures showed the median weekly rent hit a record high.