Wellington Region

A person has died in a crash in Manawatū, while State Highway 2 in Upper Hutt has reopened and State Highway 1 in Marlborough is blocked following crashes.

The first of three sections of the Te Ara Tupua cycleway which will link up Wellington and Lower Hutt has had its official opening ceremony.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a death of a woman in the Wellington suburb of Miramar.

The owner of a central Wellington store says a fire may have broken the stalemate that saw a nearby heritage protected building gradually swamped by tagging, temporary earthquake protection and vines.

A person has been found dead at a residential property in the Wellington suburb of Miramar, police say.

Kieran McAnulty looks set to remain in Parliament as a list MP but has been unseated from his position in the Wairarapa electorate MP by National's Mike Butterick.

Wellington mayor Tory Whanau has sent official warnings to five councillors for breaching confidentiality over their public comments on the city's financial woes.

A judge is deciding whether the man charged with murder and arson over the Loafer's Lodge fire in Wellington should continue to have name suppression.

Two men who entered a Wellington primary school and took videos of children six weeks ago still haven't been caught.

Officers face a wall of silence as they appeal for new information regarding the death of Craig McKelvie.

Power has been restored to 7377 properties in Porirua following an earlier outage.

Some Wellington City Council services may be scrapped in the next stage of its long-term plan as it faces tough financial times, a councillor says.

Narrow and winding, with large chunks of it already slumped towards the sea, it seems just a matter of time.

A shopkeeper is in critical condition after a serious assault in Porirua's central shopping area.

Frustration is growing at Wellington City Council after a meeting behind closed doors to discuss the future of the Reading Cinemas building.

The costs of strengthening and redeveloping Wellington Town Hall could nearly double as Wellington City Council announced a massive budget blow-out on the project.

A person has been injured after a crash in Lower Hutt this afternoon which involved a police car.

Snow warnings have been issued for roads, winds could reach gale force for much of the country and some Cook Strait ferries have been cancelled for a second time this week.

Despite concerns from dog control officers and councillors, dogs will be allowed a at popular South Wairarapa camping destination this summer.