Wellington Region

Wellington house prices have soared by more than a fifth in the last year, easily beating Auckland, which remains the most expensive city in New Zealand.

A pilot who walked away from a helicopter crash near Porirua yesterday is facing a charge relating to a previous aviation incident.

Six year old Mohi – who is originally from Syria – has had a life filled with challenges. His story is retold in a series of children's storybooks produced by the Make Foundation and the children of…

A Wellington highway project is being touted as one of the most technically challenging in New Zealand's history.

Two mountain bikers who spent a wet night in the bush in the Rimutakas near Wellington are safe.

One boy grabbed the media’s attention by confronting peaceful protesters on camera at an Anzac Day service in Wellington. But Bill English made no headlines when he gave voice to a prominent pacifist…

A man referred to by a judge as the operations manager of a Wellington methamphetamine ring has been jailed for four years and eight months.

A man who successfully had his name removed from the sex offender register has gone to the High Court to get himself taken off it for a second time.

A failure by Z Energy staff to shut off a broken pump led to a woman being soaked with petrol in February, an investigation has found.

A gang member's position on the board of a charitable trust helping rehabilitate prisoners biased the decision to deregister it, the High Court has been told.