Police continue to hunt for a man who knocked a police prosecutor unconscious after jumping the dock at the Lower Hutt District Court.

A woman has died following a crash on State Highway 2 at the intersection of Hebden Crescent, Lower Hutt.

A police prosecutor was knocked unconscious when he chased down a man who jumped the dock and escaped the Lower Hutt District Court today.

Volunteers and council staff finished painting over a Wellington water tank, only for it to be covered in graffiti later the same day.

Firefighters in the wider Wellington area were kept busy today with two car accidents.

Victoria Clark stays at Sofitel Wellington, the capital city's first brand new hotel in 15 years, where the surrounds are luxuriously, romantically French.

Sixty brands serving 300 beers: what 40-something wouldn't be in heaven, asks Jesse Mulligan.

More than half of New Zealand's 41,000 homeless people are now families with children, according to new Otago University research.

A Wellington man serving a life sentence for brutally murdering his estranged wife is appealing both his conviction and sentence.

A man has been a stabbed during a violent assault in Wainuiomata last night.

Teenage girl crushed by rolling car may never fully recover.

A shabby ute is being used to protest suburban snobbery just north of Wellington.

Think you have bad neighbours? This woman got an anonymous note about out two 'shabby' cars in her driveway.

A couple who got engaged mid-flight were greeted with a spectacular water arch thanks to the kind staff at Wellington Airport. The

A man has denied ramming a police car with a ute in Marton. Christopher Malcolm Duane Muir, 35, pleaded not guilty in the Whanganui

A group of people accused of stealing from a Petone tobacco company have appeared in court.

A former tax agent who didn't pay his clients' tax to the Inland Revenue Department and falsified 250 GST and income tax returns in

Sara Bunny heads over the Rimutakas to indulge in some winter R&R.

A woman who crashed her vehicle, killing her young son, has spoken out publicly for the first time.

Investors in New Zealand Oil & Gas are pressing the company to resume paying dividends now that it is profitable again.

Peter Niko, 40, from Johnsonville, also had his name suppression lifted when he appeared at the Porirua District Court this morning.

Police trying to return thousands of dollars worth of power tools to owners.

Wellington is a very easy city to love, and it's just about perfect for a food-and drink-filled weekend getaway.

Police and rescue teams have searched properties near the home of missing Upper Hutt woman Mary Berrington.

A man wanted in relation to a number of burglaries and car thefts in the Wellington region has been arrested.

Community joins search for woman not seen or heard from for two days.

In a tragic turn of events slain police dog Gazza's living legacy has also died.

A woman with a mental impairment has been missing for two days and police now say they hold grave concerns for her.

A baby girl was dead. Police knew who had killed her - but had no proof. So they launched an elaborate plan.

Members of a top Christchurch football club have been blasted for their actions on a flight.