An apartment block in central Wellington was evacuated after a fire this afternoon. Two people were in the apartment at the time of the fire. One was seriously hurt and taken to hospital.

The Wellington region’s landfills could be taking in thousands of tonnes of waste by-products from Porirua’s wastewater treatment plant when its nearest landfill, Spicer, closes in less than ...

The fallout on Wellington’s public transport system from any fuel rationing is unclear, but the Greater Wellington Regional Council says there is enough in the tank to keep services running.

Photo/Supplied. As national conversations intensify around consent, rough sex, and the pressures young people face navigating intimacy – highlighted in a recently published New Zealand ...

Finance Minister Nicola Willis is downplaying the economic risks New Zealand faces in the wake of the war in the Middle East and closure of the Strait of Hormuz. At a press conference in ...

February’s housing market shows patience on both sides, with selective buyers and sellers prepared to wait for the right price. The latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand ...

Two crashes delayed southbound traffic on SH2 this morning. NZTA reported the first crash at 8:10am. It said: the left lane is blocked southbound prior to the Ngauranga off-ramp.

Jake Lambert is coming to New Zealand with his highly acclaimed show The Sunshine Kid. Described as “A joke machine” by The Telegraph, the show will see the comedian talk about trying ...

Victoria University of Wellington and Jeremy Morrow, Auckland University of Technology Every year organisations roll out their refreshed strategies, new KPIs ...

Michelle Warshawsky In 2020 when Auckland ran out of water, Watercare chief executive Raveen Jaduram resigned. In 2021 he was on a panel reviewing the poor performance of Veolia and Wellington ...

James Barber The Waitangi koawa, as I’ve already written about, enters Wellington harbour at Waitangi Park. I’ve also written ...

Report from RNZ by Krystal Gibbens Thousands queued outside the Wellington Central Library Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui this morning for its reopening after being closed for seven years for ...