Wellington Region

"At some point we'll have to make the call to either scale back repairs or close facilities. We can't keep this up."

Wellington pair Nick Kelly and Muhammad Abbas have been named in the Black Caps squad for the ODI series against Pakistan this month.

Bobbi, a mother who visited the Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre on 8 February, said her three-year-old daughter became unwell after swimming in the pool.

Two family members of Doreion Hard yelled profanities at the murder-accused as he appeared.

Doreion Hard, 23, was found in a vehicle with a gunshot wound. Two men have been charged with murder.

Two men have been jointly charged with murder after the death of a man in Wairarapa Saturday in a daylight shooting.

Last year, health officials called for a new cautious approach after the government signalled an intent to consider regulating prescriptions to young people.

Police say there will be people who know more about what led to a shooting, the death of a man found in a vehicle, and three sections of SH2 being closed down in the Wellington Region.

Police say the Strathmore Park theft is believed to be related to a separate incident in the central city.

A driver has died after a crash between two cars, which shut down part of Wellington's motorway overnight.

The fatal attack ollowed a break-in at a Darlington Road house just 20 minutes earlier, down the road from where Abdul Nabizadah was found.

The blaze's huge plumes of black smoke caught the attention of people on social media when the fire started shortly before 1.30 on a Stokes Valley hill in Lower Hutt.

Police say they recieved reports of an unresponsive jet boat passenger in his 20s who later died at the scene.

Hutt City Council is draining some of its pools previously associated with cryptosporidiosis after a spate of gastric illness across the Greater Wellington region.

It seemed there had not been a lot of marketing about the game and a lot of people did not know it was on, Trinity Group said. Audio

Police are asking people in the community that know the details of the murder to come forward before police "knock on their door".

There are now 33 cases of cryptosporidiosis in the Wellington region.

Dorothy Spotswood and Sir Mark Dunajtschik were also winners of the Legacy Award for their genorosity.

Four men have been charged with a combination of murder, arson and participating in a criminal group.

A Miramar resident is calling for a meeting between Wellington City Council, police and locals about crime in the community, days after a man was found with fatal injuries in the suburb.