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Which stores will open this long weekend? A guide to Easter trading restrictions
Most stores must close on Good Friday and Easter Sunday in New Zealand.
Steve Braunias: The enduring questions at Mark Lundy's parole hearing today
Steve Braunias previews Mark Lundy's parole hearing at Tongariro Prison today.
Baby Ru death: The 18mo unsolved case and 'critical evidence' police have
Today marks 18 months since Baby Ru's death from blunt trauma.
Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry won't run again
Barry says he’s been thinking about it for a year and has ruled out a run for Parliament.
Fresh plea for whereabouts of Lower Hutt man missing for four months
All attempts to locate the 29-year-old have been unsuccessful.
Woman accused of 50th b'day party murder dumped the gun in her friend's backyard
Rawiri Wharerau was fatally shot and his brother Hemi seriously wounded in 2023.
Cryptosporidiosis outbreak: Second swimming pool drained after ill person attends lesson
A symptomatic person attended a swimming lesson last weekend.
‘An eye for an eye’: Gang member accused of murder says hit put on his life
The defendant gave his account of the shooting that left one dead and another injured.
Lower Hutt RiverLink highway project cost balloons to $1.5b
Work will start this year and take six years, affecting 40,000 drivers daily.
Kaikoura boat tragedy: Skipper speaks after report on whale capsize that claimed five lives
Five people were killed in the incident in September 2023.
Terrified woman carjacked by man on meth at busy intersection, ordered to drive
He got in her passenger seat, carrying a rubbish bag of clothes, and made demands.
Injured man appears in court after allegedly ramming police with child in car
Five police staff were injured in the Lower Hutt incident.
Man in custody after five police officers injured in Lower Hutt vehicle ramming
A 49-year-old man is due to appear in the Hutt Valley District Court.
'Our beautiful mum': Family pay tribute to woman hit and killed by car
A 25-year-old woman faces charges of excess breath alcohol causing death.
Police name woman who died in Lower Hutt, Wellington crash
The incident occurred last week at Cambridge Terrace, Naenae.
Revealed: Which BoP communities may move to a new electorate
Thousands of people affected by proposed electorate border reshuffle.
How a new pool complex became the focus of Wellington's health scare
State-of-the-art pools drained as tummy bug spreads.
Fourth arrest made in murder, arson case of 82-year-old
The man will appear in Hutt Valley District Court with three others today.
Three arrested for murder, arson of elderly man in Stokes Valley
Three men were arrested for murder and arson in Stokes Valley.
Health NZ admits ‘gap in communications’ over non-existent sick baby unit
Documents reveal the timeline of how the unit was quietly shelved.
Health NZ refuses to release rent costs for sick baby unit that doesn’t exist
Negotiations are under way with another health provider to take on the lease.
Joanna Wane: You’re in for a treat at the best dog cafe in town
OPINION: How Petone has gone to the dogs.
Deadly 50th birthday party: Host recalls feeling ‘paralysed’ after being shot
Hemi Wharerau was badly injured and his brother Rawiri was killed in a shooting.
'It went past my hand’: B'day party fatal shooting witness describes chaos as bullets flew
The woman described the final moments before the victim was shot and fell to the ground.
Gang couple allegedly fled town, left child behind, after fatal 50th birthday party shooting
But their lawyers say they didn't even know anyone was injured after the shooting.
Bus crash blocks road, motorists told to avoid area
Emergency services were alerted to the incident on Hutt Rd at 10.20am.
Housing slump: One suburb sees 30% drop in median values
Values fell from a peak of a median $1.42m in December 2021 to $985,000 in February.