Our capital city has more restaurants and cafes per capita than New York. Delaney Mes tries as many of them as she can.

Winston Aldworth and his family check into a Wellington hotel with capital views of the harbour.

While there was an appetite for a lower North Island super city, the Wairarapa should not be included within it, Wellington's Mayor Celia Wade-Brown told the Local Government Commission today.

A Lower Hutt man who was caught on film verbally attacking two foreign men on a Wellington bus last week says he is "not a racist".

The man accused of killing an Upper Hutt mother and injuring three others in an axe attack late last year has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

There is "sympathy" and "forgiveness" within the Muslim community for a man who was caught on camera making offensive comments, a religious expert says.

A Lower Hutt man has been arrested after a video of a racist rant on a Wellington bus against two young men who appeared to be Muslim was published online.

A teenager who admitted to carrying out a vicious attack on an elderly couple while they slept last year has been sentenced to almost six years in prison.

Fog in the capital is causing disruptions to flights this morning.

Another video has surfaced on social media showing two people "train surfing" off the back of a Wellington commuter train.

Police are scanning CCTV footage in an effort to identify the two teenagers who were caught on camera hanging off the back of a commuter train yesterday.

Police are investigating dramatic footage of two teenagers hanging from the back of a speeding train in Wellington.

The kayaker missing off Wellington’s Island Bay today has returned home safely.

Train services are back on track in the Wellington region, but lines in the South Island remain down after Spark outages overnight, KiwiRail says.

A 20 year-old recycling truck driver who was critically injured in an accident yesterday has died this afternoon.

A 20-year-old driver who got caught in the operating unit of a recycling truck today is recovering after coming out of surgery.

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

A truck driver sacked for allegedly sexually harassing and stalking staff at a restaurant he delivered to has been awarded almost $20,000 for unjustified dismissal.

Two new 'Alcotest Units' will enable quick testing of intoxicated patients at Wellington Hospital .