A former Victoria University student who felt unsafe on city streets has developed a smartphone app that keeps tabs on its user in dangerous situations.

Megan Singleton stays conveniently central in her search for some of Wellington's finest offerings.

A man's body has been found at Queen Elizabeth park on the Kapiti Coast.

A drunk teenager's deadly eight-storey fall from a Wellington apartment building has prompted a warning for suburban youths to be aware of the risks of high-rise buildings.

Audiences are wowed in New Zealand’s cultural hotspot, writes Sarah Lang.

Frolic at Paekakariki for a perfect holiday, writes Elisabeth Easther.

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

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.