Wellington Region

Safety patrols are being introduced at Porirua railway station after concerns about rising teenage violence.

More than 400 hours a week are proposed to be cut from care workers, nurses and activity coordinators at aged care provider Arvida's Wellington Village at the Park facility.

Taylor Henderson worried about being able to afford a home - so he moved one from Lower Hutt. Audio

A nature-knows-best approach is bringing birdsong back to a large block of protected private land in Wellington. Audio

The pipe has been given the highest possible risk rating due to the likelihood of "significant structural failures".

Employees of a neighbouring business say it is "horrible" and they were not consulted.

The driver of a Toyota Aqua might not realise they hit someone on Ghuznee Street in June, police say.

A fire in a central Wellington apartment block has left authorities scrambling to find accommodation for the occupants of ten Kāinga Ora flats.

The Fire Service says the cause of a blaze that broke out in an apartment building is being investigated.

Two plucky bird have wandered from their home, all the way to Upper Hutt. Audio

One hundred and fifty properties in central Wellington are without water.

A second doctor has been hired at an understaffed doctors clinic in Lower Hutt, which has had to rely on mostly virtual consults to accommodate its 9000 patients.

Although no increase is ever welcomed, these ratepayers have fared the best compared to other areas.

Wainuiomata is the leakiest suburb in the Wellington region, new data from Wellington Water has revealed.

The saga continues over the controversial carparks to cycleway plan on Thorndon Quay, as the Court of Appeal takes aim at the council's decision-making process.

In the 1970s, there were 14 cinemas in central Wellington. Now, there are only two. Audio

The 1.5 hectare site is being advertised as "Wellington's most important development opportunity".

Health authorities are not ruling out cancelling funding for a Lower Hutt GP clinic with 9000 patients.

Seven hazmat crews and police were at the airport and a flight has been cancelled.

Bridie Young was only 18 when a crash left her unable to eat, walk or talk. "I had to learn everything all over again."