Wellington Region

The SPCA is urging owners not to leave their dogs inside hot cars, after responding to several incidents in Wellington on Wednesday.

After almost 100 years, a family's run of serving customers in Wellington stores has come to an end.

Rat traps baited with chocolate are part of a trial so see if the rodents can be controlled without using poison.

A new resource consent will be lodged for a multi-million dollar development in Wellington's Shelly Bay.

Shops at the front of the Courtenay Central shopping complex in Wellington have reopened after they were closed due to potential danger in an earthquake.

A van crash on State Highway 2 between Wellington and Petone which trapped a person inside the vehicle has caused long traffic delays.

A widowed teacher with an autistic son is among those pleading for an answer on whether their parents will be allowed to join them under a shelved immigration programme.

A group of university students are trying a new approach in a bid to find a rental home, while others are struggling to even pay rent.

The Tramways Union is unhappy with the Greater Wellington Regional Council and says it's appropriate a fare strike hits it in the pocket.

The Wellington City Council isn't completely convinced Lime e-scooters are safe - and they might have competition, too.

The Wellington Regional Council will trial a bus route to Wellington Zoo after public pressure since the new network was set up.

Police have made no arrests following an incident in Stokes Valley which social media users say involved guns, machetes and patched gang members.

The man who has been granted parole was one of the four people involved in a methamphetamine operation run from a Wellington apartment.

Reading Cinemas has no idea when its central Wellington complex may reopen again as engineers are brought in for a thorough examination.

The worker received serious head and leg injuries after being pinned between a car and a wall yesterday.

A security guard is being praised after helping to pull a drowning teenager from the water near Porirua.

Engineers who have assessed the Reading Cinemas building in Wellington say it is the cinemas themselves that are a risk in the event of a major earthquake.

A person has been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a resthome in Wellington.

After announcing a lane of SH1 north of Wellington would be closed this week for repairs, NZTA now says the work is postponed.