Stories by Bill Hickman

Even mayor Wayne Guppy donned his best mullet hairdo in support of a weekend of hard rock, black t-shirts, fast cars and beer.

A Wellington woman has come forward as part of a group that added the colours of the transgender pride flag to a pedestrian crossing in the suburb of Berhampore last weekend.

A probe uncovered poor value for money from contractors, loose financial controls, and even one case of alleged theft. Audio

A Wellington law firm is defiant in the face of complaints to police and the Law Society over a letter sent to practitioners of gender affirming care earlier this month.

The Royal New Zealand College of GPs says a letter has been sent to 20 practices offering gender affirming care. Audio

Ukrainians in New Zealand say they can not let the suffering of their people fall off the radar as the war in their homeland enters another year.

Residents near the coastal community of Wellington's Moa Point say they will work to repair a mysterious Moa statue that has fallen from its perch high on a rocky outcrop just beyond the city's…

Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash and are yet to lay any charges.

Local are bracing for out-of-town gang members as the mayor says hundreds of police officers are arriving in the district.

Erice van Leuven says she's lucky to be able to walk after trying to clear a massive 85-foot jump at an event.

Thomas Basire lived on the fringes of the community before his disappearance in November.

Stan Bicknell is facing an agonising wait after the audition of a lifetime with unconventional prog rock group Primus. Video

Hutt Valley downhill mountain biker Erice van Leuven has a big year lined up as the two times junior world champion steps up to compete at the sport's elite level for 2025. Video

A Lower Hutt man claims he is the one who has been randomly delivering racy fiction to mailboxes in the harbourside community of Eastbourne.

Mitre 10 is set to take over the location of a central Wellington Warehouse outlet when the red shed is vacated this year.

Wellington musicians are mourning the loss of a unique gig in their home town, after news that the Homegrown festival will no longer be held in the capital.

New Health Minister Simeon Brown may be hamstrung in how much he can change, as cuts to the health system are "writ in stone", union head says. Audio

New owners of Wellington's boarded-up cinema complex - Primeproperty Group - will lease the site back to Reading Cinemas after earthquake strengthening is completed. Councillor Tim Brown says the... Audio

The head of a Wellington hospitality group says plans to reopen the shuttered Reading Cinemas complex in Courtenay Place will put an end to the limbo that has hamstrung business in the central city.

Neighbours of Wellington Girls' College say the culling of the trees will ruin the character of their suburb.

Transport NZ chief executive Dom Kalasih said his organisation will be holding NZTA to account, while local residents say there are pros and cons to the new detour.

A Hawke's Bay-based photographer says finding a place to work out started a chain of events that led to him to capturing Mongrel Mob members at ease and in force on their home turf.

If the the beach is not to your liking, consider a tour of the locations of some of the darkest moments in the capital's history.

Relatives have paid tribute to Albert "Alby" Enoka as armed officers guard the scene. Audio

A Wellington man says an assailant who repeatedly stabbed his mother had empty eyes: "It was like there was nothing there."