Sports commentator, league player and coach and Wellington regional councillor Ken Laban says he is running for mayor of Lower Hutt. Read...

Wellington`s troubled water services provider will be replaced with a new stand-alone entity by this time next year, which councils say will be less costly for ratepayers. Read...

Helen Gregory, 79, was killed at home in January last year, and her daughter Julia DeLuney is on trial for her murder at the High Court in Wellington. Read...

A burst water main in central Wellington has caused a street to flood and sent a large plume of brown out into the harbour. Read...

Wellington Water said the flooding was caused by a burst drinking water pipe. Read...

OPINION: When you strip power from local councils you get resentment, confusion, and a patchwork of policy driven from Wellington without accountability on the ground. Read...

Fishery officers in Wellington have uncovered one of the largest recent hauls of illegally taken paua, confiscating 1863 shucked shellfish from a vessel at Titahi Bay. Read...

Marie Murphy, previously described as property manager for the Wellington hostel where five people perished in a fire two years ago, has pleaded not guilty and allowed name suppression to lapse. Read...

The endorsement of the proposal by Chorus was announced as part of the release of the draft National Infrastructure Plan at the Looking Ahead Infrastructure Symposium in Wellington. Read...

Wellington City councillors have formally signed off a $12 billion, nine-year spending plan and confirmed a 12% rates rise – a decision more than a year in the making. Read...