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.

Hutt City Mayor Ray Wallace has refuted claims that neighbours who pushed for a paedophile to be removed from their community acted hysterically.

Search and rescue teams have suspended their search for the man missing in Tararua Forest Park overnight.

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 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 jersey signed by the late Jerry Collins is to be auctioned, with funds raised to be given to Collins' baby daughter Ayla.

The arrest of 10 tobacco company employees and one of their family members is the latest police sting to nab offenders believed to be stealing for the blackmarket.

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.

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.

A number of architectural gems, including a bus exchange, garden room and wellness retreat, are on track to win an industry accolade this year.

A petition for an autistic man held in an isolated wing of a mental health unit has garnered more than 2000 signatures in a day.

Passengers travelling across the Cook Strait will have much easier journey tomorrow as rolling waves subside.

COMMENT: For such a wily campaigner Kevin Rudd has left his run late for the world's top diplomatic post.