Identified as having gender dysphoria, 6-year-old Ollie Maihi has "blossomed" since transitioning into a girl.

A cop has been charged with dangerous driving following a Wellington waterfront pursuit.

Seven suspicious fires have been lit across Wellington in a busy night for police and firefighters.

A Lower Hutt man has been arrested in connection with an assault which occurred last week in Stokes Valley. Hutt Valley Police arrested

Children were caught setting fire to astro turf at a South Wairarapa school this afternoon.

Guards will be posted at Wellington's Botanic Garden after a Friday night party left a WW1 memorial sculpture damaged and litter and broken glass strewn around Remembrance Ridge.

Train passengers on the Wellington region's Hutt Valley and Kapiti lines will have 1000 more seats to choose from in morning and afternoon

More than 4080 people have reported feeling the 4.4 magnitude quake which has hit northwest of Wellington.

A male has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after an incident on Wellington Urban Motorway's Terrace off-ramp. Police

Join Tristram Clayton as he discovers one of Wellington's best kept secrets, now yours to own!

Several international flights and a local helicopter have been targeted by a laser at Auckland Airport.

A man has suffered burns after causing a "steam explosion" in Upper Hutt. Police attended the incident at the request of ambulance

Health authorities are considering plans to move mental health patient Ashley Peacock, to the dismay of his parents.

A Wellington postie has dumped 3000 mail items, including 300 voting papers.

It was such a relief when I saw the paramedic running down the track.Alice Bradley, Paraparaumu. When Alice Bradley lay bleeding

NZ Rugby Union officials have apologised to the four young people who were assaulted by rising rugby star Losi Filipo.

COMMENT: Given all the rugby union claim to have learnt, they should be exemplars of good behaviour and doing what is right.

A police officer was injured in Lower Hutt early today while trying to stop an alleged offender fleeing.

A female pedestrian hit by a car in Wellington last night is recovering in hospital.

A man is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital's ICU after a stabbing last night.

The man who died in a crash between a car and truck in Waikanae on Friday was the father of a boy who died in a car crash eight years ago.

Tristram Clayton sits down with current Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown.

Tristram talks to Political Reporter Isaac Davison about the Corrections blunder that has seen possibly thousands of inmates incarcerated for too long.

A firefighter suffered minor burns while battling a housefire in Wainuiomata this afternoon. Fire Service shift manager David Meikle

State Highway 1 has reopened after a fatal crash between a car and a truck.

Wellingtonians need a mayor who can listen, fairly balance issues, and have a bit of a laugh.

The Hawke's Bay District Health Board has confirmed that the man diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Wellington Hospital on

Two people have been arrested after meth, cannabis and a range of stolen property was recovered by police from addresses in Wellington and Hutt Valley.

A Waikanae man who abandoned four kittens on the side of the road in the middle of winter has been disqualified from owning cats for

Cloe Willetts explores the art, tastes, sounds and scenery of the Kapiti Coast.