Wellington Region
Review: Tim Finn concert kicks off with 'mistake'
Review - The lights went down, the band started to play - and then the lights went off and the band stopped. "That was my mistake," Tim Finn punned, before they launched into the 1977 Split Enz…
Parliament protest organisers told by police to keep it peaceful
Police are in touch with activists planning to lead marches on Parliament next week, and have "set clear expectations for peaceful and lawful activity".
Doctors told to stop referring women to specialists unless their condition is urgent
Specialists and family doctors say this is becoming common practice, as hospital services nationwide become increasingly overwhelmed.
'Devastated': Victoria University axes 229 jobs and six courses
Wellington's Victoria University is axing 229 jobs and cutting six language and geo-science courses in an effort to save money.
Let's Get Wellington Moving plan hits another roadblock
A group opposed to Let's Get Wellington Moving's plan to remove cars from the Golden Mile is taking legal action.
Person dies after being struck by train
Trains on the Hutt Valley line are running again after thousands of Wellington train commuters were disrupted due to the service being halted when a person died after being struck by a train.
Commuter crush in Wellington with Hutt train line out of action
There's a commuter crush in Wellington, with the Hutt train line out of action. Our reporter Ruth Hill is at the main station and joins Lisa Owen. Audio
Wellington residents asked for views on council rating policies
Wellington City Council could slash rates paid by commercial, industrial and business ratepayers as part of an overhaul to its rating policies.
Kim Dotcom fights decision to release information to FBI
Kim Dotcom is fighting a judge's decision that would see his hard-drives and passwords released to the United States' FBI.
Year-long battle to get a single cent out of insurer for wall rebuild
Gillian Parnham, awoken by a landslide crashing through her kitchen window a year ago, is still battling to get any money from Vero.
Hospital failings cost man an eye
A man lost an eye after a hospital in Wellington region failed to give him sufficient postoperative care.
'You literally couldn't stand up' - extreme winds buffeted Wellington last night
Many residents in Wellington region lay sleepless on Sunday night, scared extreme winds might make their windows explode or tear off their roofs.
Wellington City councillor warns council needs to make big capital expenditure cuts
Wellington City needs to slash spending by tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars in the coming years, a councillor says. Audio
'Missing link' in Wellington cycleways divides factions
A city councillor has called the bike lobby "greedy" as a proposal to link Wellington's popular cycleway network along the waterfront quays threatens to divide the capital's transport factions…
'We'll always see failures in this type of network' - Wellington Water
A burst water pipe in Wellington CBD has now been fixed but Wellington Water says it can't say a similar event won't happen again. Audio
Restore Passenger Rail protesters arrested after car dealership defaced
Three climate protesters have been arrested after the shop window of a car dealer in Wellington was vandalised.
Burst pipe leaves part of Wellington CBD without water
The mayor is blaming it on decades of underinvestment. Audio
Critical risks highlighted in report on Hawke's Bay hospital
Doctors are grappling with mistrust around information entered into the IT systems at Hawke's Bay hospital, including what it tells them about patients and critical scan results.
Wellington City Council plans rollout of AI sensors to monitor traffic
A new traffic monitoring network which will count and collect data on modes of transport is being rolled out by Wellington City Council.
Carterton's Daffodil Festival goes ahead without daffodil picking
An annual festival held in a small Wairarapa town is going ahead without one of its main attractions.