Wellington Region

A number of roads around Wellington will remain closed overnight due to heavy rain. Meanwhile, parts of the city have had more rain today than in a normal D-ecember.

Wairarapa DHB is investigating where Prezzy cards used to pay for a staff function came from.

More than 91 percent of Wellingtonians are now fully vaccinated but deep pockets of low coverage persist in some areas, particularly poorer neighbourhoods.

Wellington City Council is considering measures for reducing social housing rents for tenants in hardship.

Police are looking for three drivers seen tailgating each other around Upper Hutt, with cars mounting footpaths and later colliding with two other vehicles.

Police are appealing to the public for sightings of a 63-year-old Kapiti Coast man who has been missing since Friday morning.

The regional council says it has significant land holdings around stations which could be used for housing, retail and public services.

The group occupying Shelly Bay in Wellington say they will remain at the site following last week's police presence.

Five passengers received minor injuries when a bus crashed into a fence in Lower Hutt.

Overblown budgets, multiple project variations, and cost inefficiencies are accusations being levelled at Wellington Water by elected members of the South Wairarapa District Council.

A group facing an eviction from Shelly Bay in Wellington has spoken with police this morning, as a deadline passed for the group occupying land due for development.

The top Family Court judge has told a law conference there's good reason to be optimistic about the court's future.

Wellington City is now 90 percent double vaccinated against Covid-19.

A bus being driven the wrong way on Wellington's motorway into incoming traffic was stopped in Ngauranga Gorge.

A 50m-tall tower with 70 tonnes of bells in it that presents a high earthquake risk in central Wellington has been approved to stay that way for up to six years.

Official records about the shaky state of the prized Carillon bell tower have been "splintered", making it harder for the public to find out what is going on.

Two people have been rescued from Wellington Harbour after their boat sunk near Somes Island.

Ratepayers unhappy at district council's handling of a miscommunication over increased rates.

Angry visitors arrived at the door of democracy in the capital today, with thousands of protesters marching to Parliament for various Covid-19-related reasons.