Wellington Region

A parent says organisers of a children's extreme cross country event have left them high and dry with claims of a natural disaster.

South Wairarapa District Council is working to understand the full impact of a $51 million blunder by Wellington Water, just days after shaving 0.6 percent off the proposed rates increase for 2024-25.

The man was the sole passenger on an East by West ferry crossing on Friday morning, and was reported missing when it docked at Days Bay.

The man is described as in his 40's, fair skinned, around 180cm tall with dark hair. He was wearing a dark jacket with a zip and dark pants.

Coastguard and police ran a dummy run exercise about finding someone lost in the harbour at night the night before a man fell from a ferry.

Hutt South MP Chris Bishop says he uses the East by West ferry fairly regularly and to learn of someone falling overboard was heartbreaking.

A dozen boats and helicopters are searching Wellington Harbour after the only person on the day's first crossing vanished before the ferry docked. Audio

Three little blue penguins have died near the construction of a major Wellington cycleway in recent weeks, with one killed by construction machinery.

Mayor Tory Whanau says the new street name correctly recognises chief Hōniana Te Puni.

A Wellington man thought he had found an old copper pipe while testing out a detector - instead he found two assault rifles. Audio

The 25-year-old will next appear in court on 10 July.

The group will provide advice on council projects and spark new ideas for the future of the city.

The former justice minister was charged with careless driving and failing to accompany a police officer after a late-night crash.

An Aboriginal delegation of possum skin cloak knowledge holders have shared information with Māori of an animal which is sacred in Australia but a pest in Aotearoa.

Moving a native population of northern grass skinks has contributed to the doubling of the cost of a Porirua sewage tank.

But a recruitment firm is attributing a huge increase in applications to public sector job cuts.

A 52-year-old woman, whose identity remains suppressed, faces one charge of murder and one count of obtaining thousands of dollars by deception.

At least 500 people gathered on Saturday for a pro-trans solidarity rally in central Wellington.

Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau is calling it a "historic moment" - not only for the team, but the city, too

The Hurricanes have held off a spirited Moana Pasifika in Wellington.