One of New Zealand's biggest suburbs has lost a key commuter route during rush hour.

A helicopter is sluicing the landslide to force any loose rubble to come down.

A scammer has been offering to sell torches that can be picked up at the police station.

Spat between Wellington Council and local media, after claims Lions fans ripped off.

Wellington's infamous tyre slasher has been let out of prison after appealing.

Removing the word "Israel" from a song has left council red-faced.

The council believes the ruling could have implications for property development.

Second penguin death in as many months shows owners aren't watching dogs, says council.

Demolition of Defence House should start soon and be completed in early 2018.

Council looks to building owners for housing solution

Southbound lanes have been blocked in Wellington this afternoon.

A 12,000 seat concert arena plan has got the tick from the Wellington region's mayors.

Investigations are looking into the possible causes and consequences of the contamination.

Dogs will see penguins as prey and can kill them in just a few seconds.

Living Wage supporters deliver a petition backing Wellington City Council's new pay rates.

Illegal residential tenancies in a Wellington office block have been known since 2013.

Wellington City Council parking officers will start wearing body cameras this week.

Concerns pedestrians will walk straight into the pole in the middle of a busy crossing.

An argument's broken out over where New World Metro at the Railway can display alcohol.

Exciting - but smelly - return home for Wellington quake exiles.

Wellington Council and sculptor Neil Dawson are at odds over destroying his art work.

Wellington's iconic ferns sculpture, estimated to have cost $150,000, has been discovered in a waste management yard.

Wellington streets that became notorious for tyre slashings, could soon get parking changes.

Justin Lester hopes the council can develop affordable homes for first home buyers.

The real minimum wage needed for a family to have a decent standard of living is about to rise to $20.20 an hour, says the Living Wage movement.

It is hoped the demolition-hit Tory St area of the Wellington city centre will be reopened around early April.

Wellington beggars are becoming more opportunistic, using "standover tactics", and even operating on "rosters". In a meeting this

Thousands of workers have been displaced, building assessment deadlines are not being met and earthquake damage is still only just coming to light in Wellington.

A Wellington suburb has become empty and fearful, after a spate of vicious tyre slashings.

The November earthquake was the likely cause of a leak affecting the main water supply pipe to Wellington City.