Wellington Region

The Greater Wellington Regional Council is asking the public keep an eye out for the marsupials in Upper Hutt and Featherston.

Wellington City Council's decision to cut half the carparks from Thorndon Quay is costing businesses customers and making the area less safe, say locals.

An engineering consultancy firm said the problems should be addressed before the road opened to the public, particularly with the summer months ahead.

Transmission Gully will not be open before Christmas, despite the Transport Agency Waka Kotahi putting the pressure on its contractor to meet the target.

Rips, punctures, and scratches - extensive damage has been discovered at Carterton District Council's $12.7 million wastewater ponds.

The first electric ferry in the Southern Hemisphere will soon be switched on and leading the charge across the Wellington harbour. Audio

A survey trying to determine what compliance progress building owners had made so far only got a reply from 40 percent of those sent questions.

A small beachside community on the Kāpiti Coast is cut off due to overnight flooding. Audio

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.