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Sir Peter Jackson's WW1 vehicles roll out

A collection of Sir Peter Jackson's original and restored World War I vehicles rolled through Wellington ahead of an Anzac parade tomorrow.

$850m Transmission Gully work about to start

Site enabling works on New Zealand's biggest new infrastructure project, Transmission Gully, begin this month.

Huge waves close carpark

Malayan veterans relive the day they left for war

Wellington: Eat your heart out

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

Room check: InterContinental Wellington

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

Mayor against Wairarapa's inclusion in super city

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.

Bus rant: Guilty man 'not a racist'

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".

Axe attack: Accused pleads not guilty

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.

Day five on the road with the Variety bash

New 'train surfing' video surfaces

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

Summer's long dry persists

Hunt for teen train surfers continues

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.

Boys reckless joyride on train

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

Wellington train surfers filmed

The Variety Bash diaries: Day Three

Bernard Hickey: The renting generation

Imagine what "Generation Rent Party" designed to represent NZ's young renters would do if it got into power in Auckland or Wellington, writes Bernard Hickey.

Storms make way down NZ

Thunderstorms are making their way down the country bringing heavy rain, particularly to the capital where several houses have been flooded.