Owners of a top Wellington restaurant could be left tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket from last month's earthquake.

Lower Hutt shoppers won't be vying for a car park at Queensgate or the CBD this Christmas season, thanks to a free weekend shuttle service.

A teenager is in a critical condition after the car he was driving went through a train track barrier and crashed down a bank in Wellington.

An 80-year-old Wellington man pretended to be a police officer while telling a woman off about her clothing.

Three Head Hunters gang members are facing charges for allegedly selling methamphetamine in Wairarapa.

Thirty classic cars are up for grabs this weekend, in a major sale of a private collection.

Wellington will get its High Court back in the new year, but only once water and earthquake damage is repaired.

Thirty classic cars are up for grabs this weekend, in a major sale of a private collection.

Wellington's Michael Preston has had his conviction and sentence of life imprisonment upheld by the Court of Appeal.

A Wairarapa woman who died of injuries suffered while trying to rescue her cat from a cabbage tree had been stuck in its branches for up to two hours.

Part of a mall now at risk of a collapse after last month's tremors is coming down today.

A major crash has blocked a major route across the Wellington region this morning.

Tourism will weather last month's magnitude 7.8 quake, but Treasury is warning the total cost of the disaster could reach up to $3 billion.

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.

A Wellington mother is furious her son was disqualified from running barefoot from an inter-school event but a local sporting body says it agrees with the school's decision.

Wellington Police have arrested seven people over a city-based methamphetamine dealing syndicate.

A drunk driver who crashed his car into another then tried to pee in a public garden while police were speaking to him.

The signs of summer are among us with pohutakawa trees flowering already and forecasters say the official first day of the season on Thursday will be calm and dry.

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A teenager faces a court hearing for allegedly saying "this teacher is mean as f***" in a public place.

Plans for an expansion of the parliamentary complex in Wellington, which will involve two new buildings at a cost of at least $100 million, have been unveiled.

As demolition starts on quake-hit 61 Molesworth Street, the family who were living there say they're struggling and helpless.

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.

Wellingtonians and people living on the top of the South Island were shaken awake as a strong quake rattled the centre of the country.

The Government's being urged to extend its earthquake support, to also help the thousands of Wellingtonians out of work.

Event Cinemas and part of the Queensgate Shopping Centre carpark in Wellington is a public safety risk following the earthquake.

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

Most of the country's political reporters are being evacuated from their building at Parliament due to damage caused by this month's 7.8 earthquakes.