Wellington Region

Wellington residents and business owners who have to pay to use their own garages are furious at the city council's proposal to double their fees.

A bill that would formalise a treaty settlement with Wairarapa iwi has passed its first reading in Parliament.

A group of Wellington City councillors have failed in their bid for the council to take a public stance against the expansion plans for the capital's airport.

One of three people arrested today over the unlawful occupation of Parliament is facing charges relating to the lighting of fires.

Police in Masterton are appealing for the driver of a vehicle which hit and killed Lawziah Karaitiana in the early hours of last Saturday morning to come forward.

The iwi has finalised a settlement with the Ministry of Education involving the land occupied by 40 schools.

The anti-mandate protest in the capital earlier this year has cost the Wellington City Council more than $300,000.

Police are asking anyone with information about a man found dead on a Wairarapa road to come forward.

Police have made more arrests over a shooting in Wellington's CBD and shots fired at a house in the suburb of Tawa last month.

A Wellington man who claims police threatened to trespass him from an Anzac Day memorial if he displayed an Armenian flag in memory of genocide victims says it is "shameful".

A shortfall of $8.7 million has been left by the collapse of Wellington construction company Armstrong Downes Commercial, liquidators say.

Building a new dump on top of Wellington's current facility is shaping up as the most popular option for the capital.

Central Wellington is finally coming back to life as workers return to the office and adjust to a new Covid normal.

More than two years ago work began on several streets between Island Bay and Owhiro Bay, an area in long need of repair. The pipework was meant to be completed at the end of 2020.

Armstrong Downes Commercial had eight projects under way in the capital including work on schools, and a multi-million dollar revamp of Frank Kitts park on the waterfront. Audio

Police investigating the shooting of three people in Wellington have issued a warrant to arrest 29-year-old Mana Lawson. He is believed to be armed and should not be approached.

Wellington City Council must acknowledge past failures toward mana whenua, a councillor says following the signing of a new partnership agreement.

More than 100 office workers have vacated the Meridian Building on Wellington's waterfront over earthquake safety issues.

Wellingtonians are not keen to lose the city's pop-up libraries when the central library reopens.