Wellington Region

With only a day to go before a new child protection agency is launched to replace CYF, its top social worker cannot say how many more staff are needed. Audio

The fog is slowly starting to lift in Wellington, and tired travellers who slept rough in the terminal while "rap music" played at 3am are starting to move on. Audio

The type of fog that has caused Wellington's flight chaos can be expected about six times a year, a meteorologist says.

Hundreds of passengers who are stuck at Wellington Airport by heavy fog are struggling to find accommodation.

The new $630m Kapiti Expressway was built to cut down travel time into the capital, but commuters say it is having the opposite effect.

Child Youth and Family threatened to take four children off a couple after they went to court to force the agency to help them. Audio

The iconic fountain has broken down, with the council saying it suspects an electrical fault.

People showing up at Wellington's emergency department are being told to expect longer waits.

Wellington land owners who sit on empty land without developing it could be the target of new penalties, if the city's mayor gets his way.

Wellington City Council has released a cleaning contract for tender, without mention of paying workers a living wage, despite a commitment to do so.

The people of Lower Hutt are being asked to decide the fate of their wharves, where overdue maintenance and earthquake damage have led to budget over-runs.

A group of Wellington peace activists has been awarded more than $3000 costs from police after successfully defending charges of trespass and obstruction.

A man convicted for illicitly filming under a cubicle door at a swimming pool has been sentenced to four months' community detention.

A former teacher jailed for sexually abusing a pupil has lost a bid to overturn her convictions.