Wellington Region

A Wellington community is banding together to provide children in need with Christmas presents in a giant version of Secret Santa.

If approved, the changes would include more runway space.

Tenants struggling to pay rent are scared they'll become homeless, while their landlord sits on a multi-million dollar fund designed to support them. Audio

The Department of Internal Affairs wants to bring the two organisations under the joint leadership of the Chief Archivist and National Librarian.

The 6-year-old sulphur crested cockatoo, known for her "hello darling" catchphrase, has been missing from the Staglands Wildlife Reserve since 17 November. Audio

The hīkoi is a family affair, with tamariki everywhere; pēpi sleeping in carts and buggies or tugging their cousins' hair.

Hutt City Council has been engaged in costing exercises and a review of project affordability and cost-efficiency.

Four masked men stormed the shop, assaulted her, and made off with thousands of dollars worth of cash and cigarettes.

"Similar to an All Blacks test match" is how one business described their roaring trade during Tuesday's Hīkoi mō te tiriti event.

The man got lost after becoming disorientated on a track near Waikanae.

Vehicles were barred from entering the intersection as a group of men performed the haka to a crowd of hundreds of onlookers.

The ACT leader was met with chants of "Kill the bill, kill the bill" when he walked out of the Beehive, before waving to the crowd and returning inside.

Final preparations are being made as tens of thousands of people in te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti convoys converge in the capital.

Police are appealing for the public's help to catch masked offenders they say assaulted a Lower Hutt dairy owner on Sunday night.

Wellingtonians are being asked to plan ahead, while the PM says he'll "wait and see" as to whether he meets hīkoi participants.

The search for an elderly man missing for a week made no progress over the weekend, police say.

Bar owners locked their doors, fearing the driver was "just smashing the buildings up".

Fork and Brewer has its name immortalised in scientific literature after winning a beer competition.

The substance can cause severe abdominal pain, kidney failure and death.

Meanwhile, sewage has been discharged into Wellington's waterways after heavy rain overnight.