The Taxpayers' Union has praised the Wellington City Council for turning down former Mayor Celia Wade-Brown's leaving gift request.

Quake-damaged buildings to be torn down and the materials reused.

Demolition of the Reading Cinema carpark building will begin next week.

Preparations are under way to tear down carpark building damaged in Wellington quake.

Relief for Wellington workers this morning as part of Molesworth St finally reopens.

Demolition contractors have been able to get a small amount of material out of the quake-damaged building at 61 Molesworth St.

Rob Zorn's car is one of 10 vehicles left in Wellington building to be demolished that cannot be retrieved.

Wellington's notorious weather has delayed the demolition of quake-damaged office building.

Opetaia Siale won't be spending Christmas at home - he'll be cleaning Wellington's public toilets while his family forgo presents so they can afford a Christmas meal.

Information centre will help people and businesses recover after the November 14 quake.

There are now four buildings at Wellington's CentrePort which could be demolished following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

Wellington's wild wind has put the brakes on the demolition of a severely earthquake-damaged office building in the central city.

Final demolition work is set to begin today on an earthquake damaged Wellington office block.

The demolition of three buildings in Wellington will be brought forward in light of last week's 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Two of

Three buildings owned by the Wellington City Council are set to be quickly demolished after inspections related to this month's massive 7.8 earthquake.

Demolition work on the quake-damaged building at 61 Molesworth Street in Wellington central is due to start today, hopefully after lunchtime.

The company that let people live in a Wellington commercial building may face council prosecution.

Wellington City Council has taken over management of the deconstruction of 61 Molesworth St from the building's owner Prime Property Group.

Wellingtonians can expect the cordons to stay up for some time around the significantly damaged Reading Cinema car park building in the central city.

Demolition of the earthquake damaged building at 61 Molesworth Street in Wellington is unlikely to begin today.

Unwanted critters was the biggest cause of cleaning and improvement notices being handed out at Wellington eateries over the past year.

Acting Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee has defended the Wellington City Council's decision to declare the CBD safe so quickly after Monday's quake.

A BMW owner is fuming after being forced to abandon her and her partner's only car in a Wellington building due to earthquake risks.

Cordons have been reduced in Wellington but there is still a significant amount of work to be done on earthquake-damaged buildings.

The Wellington region could once again face slips, flooding, and further road closures as bad weather approaches.

Wellington commuters face delays and disruption as the city struggles to get back to normal.

People who usually work in central Wellington are strongly urged to stay home today following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake.

A series of land slips forced residents to evacuate their homes as the capital was lashed by wild weather yesterday.

What's lurking beneath the surface in the Wellington Harbour?

Finbarr Patrick Clabby could not swim when he ended up in Wellington Harbour after a night out. His body was found later the same morning.