Wellington Region

A dispute with the owner of an 80-year-old hedge in Waikanae has taken another turn, with the Kāpiti Coast District Council now saying it has the right to cut it back itself. Video

Protesters have spent the day trying to block an oil exploration ship near the Waiarapa coast.

Three support workers for children with learning difficulties are taking part in New Zealand's first ever mediation for pay equity today.

The Greenpeace boat Taitu is within 500 metres of the world's biggest seismic blasting ship off the Wairarapa Coast.

The two 14-year-old boys who were reported missing in bush above the Hutt Valley yesterday have been located safe and well.

Two teenage boys are missing in the bush near Eastbourne in Wellington this evening.

The jury in the defamation trial of Opposition leader Andrew Little has spent about six and a half hours deliberating its verdict and will resume on Monday.

A church in Lower Hutt is staging a protest on vacant Housing New Zealand land in a bid to get the government to tackle the city's housing crisis - and fast.

Parking wardens in Wellington will now wear body cameras to deter people from hurling verbal abuse or physically assaulting them.

Three Wellington houses were evacuated because of a slip in the suburb of Kingston.

Wellington is the latest city to be affected by severe weather, with fears over a rising stream prompting people to evacuate from the coast as a precaution.

Flights are cancelled at Wellington Airport and most international arrivals diverted until 6am, with heavy rain affecting poor-visibility landing systems.

Self-confessed vigilante David Johns slashed the tyres of more than 100 cars parked in residential streets near Wellington's airport.

Rose Renton sparked a nationwide debate after she fought for her son, Alex, to get approval to use medicinal cannabis. He died in 2015, but she is still fighting.