A plan to spend millions bringing pandas to Wellington Zoo is being pooh-poohed by Kerre McIvor. She says they should stay in China.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says more Aucklanders should pack up and move to the capital.

There needs to be a shake-up in the charity sector to ensure greater transparency and remove the tax advantages given to big charity groups, a NZ think-tank says.

Seven heritage building owners will receive nearly $175,000 from Wellington City Council's Built Heritage Incentive Fund.

Face-to-face fundraisers criticised by Wellington City councillor say they have a code of professionalism.

There is strong opposition to a proposed Wellington super city, a survey has shown.

The location of Wellington's proposed Hilton hotel and conference centre has been shifted from Cable St to near the railway station.

One super city would take over the functions of nine councils in the lower North Island under a draft proposal by the Local Government Commission.

The Wellington Employers Chamber of Commerce is welcoming the news the city will get a new convention centre by 2017.

The Hataitai bus tunnel in central Wellington will be earthquake-strengthened over the next six months, causing some disruptions to off-peak bus services.

Wellington city councillors will vote next week on a new purpose-built convention centre and five-star hotel that will cost ratepayers $2m per year to lease.

Auckland City Missioner Diane Robertson has said her staff have reported a rise in clients showing symptoms of solvent abuse.

Wellington City Council has admitted personal details of up to 120,000 people were inadvertently released by its parking contractor.

John Morrison used to dream of spending his retirement growing vegetables and catching fish.

Wellington's mayor is hopeful it will be business as normal tomorrow despite 35 buildings in the CBD found to have been externally damaged by yesterday's severe earthquake.

Scientists are deploying extra seismic instruments in Marlborough to enable more accurate measurement of the aftershocks off the coast of Seddon.

Wellington rail services have resumed following inspections for earthquake-related damage.

Prime Minister says he's yet to get a briefing on how much yesterday's quake might have cost, but, in principle, the country can afford another big one.

Dr John Key has blurted out loud what we've long suspected, Wellington is a terminal case, writes Brian Rudman. Incurable. "We don't know how to turn it around."

The premiere of The Hobbit injected almost $12 million into the Wellington economy, the city's council says.