The Commerce Commission says it won’t step in to keep water bills down for Wellingtonians right now. Water bills under agency Tiaki Wai are increasing by an average of 13.3 percent this ...

The National and Labour candidates in the closely-fought Kāpiti electorate have formed a united front on the district’s airport, but disagree on the future of a flagship Government tax ...

The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police in Naenae were justified in using force to take a man off a bus and into custody after he had been arrested but refused to cooperate.

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has published an interim report as part of its ongoing investigation into an incident involving a passenger train on the Johnsonville line ...

A crash closed State Highway 1 the Kāpiti Expressway between Waikanae and Peka Peka in both directions for almost five hours last night. NZTA warned drivers to expect delays and disruption after ...

New polling shows two-thirds of voters think central government should fund costs it creates for councils and ratepayers. 11 percent said it should not, while 23 percent were unsure. LGNZ ...

Tarn, Theo, Axel, Yohann | CREDIT: Ben McCallum News from Rockquest Twenty-six bands made up of primary and intermediate ...

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music Toi te Arapūoru, in collaboration with APRA AMCOS Te Tautāwhinga is delighted to announce Dylan Lardelli (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe) as the winner of the 2026 ...

Verb’s beloved, one-night-only, high-energy literary festival, VerbCrawl, will take over the streets of inner-city Wellington ...

Report from RNZ by Ellen O’Dwyer Housing and social service organisations in the capital are demanding that Kāinga Ora’s ...

Two new national agreements are connecting New Zealand’s ambulance communications centres directly with Surf Life Saving and Coastguard for the first time. The first, between Hato Hone St ...

Mayor Little has told us that tough choices are coming. He’s right, but tough choices can also create opportunities. As Wellington looks towards a grand coalition of councils, we have an ...