Slain intellectually disabled woman Mary Donnelly always maintained a childlike innocence about the world and never lost sight of her dreams, her sister says.

A 16km expressway north of Wellington has had resource consent granted by a Board of Inquiry.

Sevens rugby fans can breathe a sigh of relief - Carlin Isles, the fastest man in rugby, is staying put and feels more like a rugby player than ever before.

NZ halfback Tomasi Cama is recognised as one of the legends of the Sevens game. He spoke to Matiu Workman about his hopes for the Wellington Sevens.

An 89-year-old man has been sentenced to home detention on more than 40 counts of historical child sex abuse.

A diving incident near Wellington has claimed the life of a man in his early thirties.

One person was seriously injured when a car crashed into a powerpole in Wellington early this morning.

A 49-year-old boatie believed to be dead after falling off a boat at the mouth of the Hutt River has been identified as Uikilifi Peniamina.

The search for the body of a 49-year-old Wellington boatie is focused on the eastern coast of Wellington Harbour.

A search has resumed for a man who fell off a boat in Wellington Harbour yesterday afternoon.

Winston Aldworth samples some capital beers.

There is great shopping and food to be had in Greytown.

A teen accused of firing a crossbow bolt through the head of a cat may be granted diversion.

A teen accused of firing a crossbow bolt through the head of a cat has been granted name suppression in a brief court appearance.

Three teens accused of holding three young men at knifepoint and forcing them to drive around Wellington for hours are yet to enter a plea for kidnapping charges.

The woman who was sexually assaulted in her Upper Hutt home has been interviewed by specialist police officers in the hope of gleaning more details about her attacker.

The driver of a passenger train which nearly crashed into another train in Wellington last month failed to notice a stop signal because he was talking, a new report has found.

A 26-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in a daylight home invasion in Upper Hutt today.

KiwiRail has has stopped taking bookings for all its Interislander ferries after the trouble-plagued Aratere lost a propeller during a Cook Strait crossing.

An investigation has been launched into how the interisland ferry Aratere managed to lose a propeller during a Cook Strait crossing last night.