Wellington Region
Wellington businesses urged to become 'China ready'
Wellington businesses are being urged to become 'China ready' before up to 10,000 new Chinese tourists visit the capital this cruise ship season.
Shelly Bay review could cost more than $180k
Wellington city councillors have raised concerns the costs of a review of the steps the council took around a controversial development will balloon.
Council races heating up in Wellington
Time for a look at the capital! And quite what's going on down there when it comes to local government elections. Audio
Police name woman killed on Kapiti Coast
Police haved named the woman killed as man is charged with murder in relation to her death.
Murder charge laid over weekend death in Kāpiti
A 48-year-old man has been charged with murder over the death of a woman on the Kāpiti Coast on Saturday.
Upper Hutt residents oppose new housing due to flooding fears
The city council has voted to activate a district plan change to address flood hazards caused by new subdivisions and rule out big developments in high hazard areas.
Community boards lobby over water bottling consents
Three Lower Hutt community boards will next week demand that the Wellington Regional Council stop all water bottling consents from the Waiwhetu aquifer.
The Mixtape: Grant Robertson's top six Flying Nun songs
This week's RNZ Mixtape selector is Grant Robertson, Minister of Finance and unofficial Minster of Flying Nun. He shares an exclusively Dunedin collection of tracks ahead of The Others Way Festival. Video, Audio
Jaywalking 'Darwinian theory at work'
Comments by a Wellington City councillor that careless jaywalkers in the capital's Golden Mile might be the victims of natural selection has outraged some road safety campaigners.
Shelly Bay review to look at whether project followed correct process
Details of a council-led review of the Shelly Bay project in Wellington have been released.
Wellington trains running at lower capacity
Some trains in and out of Wellington this morning will be running at reduced capacity after more than a dozen were taken out of service yesterday.
Wellington train outage to affect evening rush hour
All but one train line in the capital has now been restored following a major fault earlier today but services are still reduced.
Another 25 Wellington bus services cancelled
A chronic bus driver shortage continues to plague the Capital's peak hours services.
Wellington's bus saga rolls on and on
A chronic driver shortage is continuing to wreak havoc on Wellington's peak hours services. How can the capital's once-envied public transport system come back from this? Audio
Liquor store 'not keeping with the village', say opponents
Residents in a Wellington suburb say a bottle store is not in keeping with the village and its presence would increase alcohol consumption in the neighbourhood.
They're back - Sushi shop penguins caught at burger joint
There have been more sightings of penguins near Wellington Railway Station on Sunday night, this time waddling into a parking building above a burger restaurant. Video, Audio
Wellington man admits murdering woman with mallet
A Wellington man has admitted murdering a woman with a mallet and sexually assaulting her daughter in the suburb of Karori in April.
Tramper reported missing near Wellington contacts police
A 21-year-old man tramping in a valley near Wellington reported missing has made contact with police.
Plans for Te Papa branch in South Auckland canned
Plans to build a branch of Te Papa in South Auckland have been shut down by lack of funding.
Chemical spill at Wellington motorway: two workers taken to hospital
Two people have been taken to hospital after a chemical spill at a Wellington business, forcing a highway lane to close this morning.
