Wellington Region

2024 was tough, but "there's more of an energy in the city" now the new year has dawned, owners say.

Fifteen fire crews found a one-storey building fully alight when they arrived at the scene.

The first weather warnings for 2025 could come next week, MetService says, but not before we enjoy a "long-awaited summer feel".

A fire is burning on a hill above State Highway 2 between Wellington city and the Hutt Valley.

The council plans to dig up 1000 cubic metres of materials as it tries to clear a dump site .

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 algae is a neurotoxin that acts like snake venom and could be very harmful to humans and lethal for dogs according to Greater Wellington Regional Council expert.

The lever has been pulled for the final time on New Zealand's last railway signal box.

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.

Trade School Kitchen opened in August 2018, with the intention of supporting women who had undergone barista training whilst in Arohata Prison upon their release.

The man lives at an 'outside the wire' unit in the grounds of Rimutaka Prison.

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

Complaining about the weather is a national pastime, but some of it is justified this year, official data shows.

Trips are going ahead but conditions will make them unpleasant, one operator says.

A Wellington woman says she feels like she never wants to fly again after a six day ordeal that saw her flights home from Dallas cancelled repeatedly.

Sea conditions are expected to deteriorate due to a southerly front on Sunday afternoon.

A helicopter is now working to dampen the fire.

Sri Lanka dominated the Blackcaps from start to finish.

A 2-1 defeat to Adelaide United is the fifth loss in the Phoenix's last six games.

Relive all the action from Sky Stadium, Wellington.