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.

Nicky Park seeks out some edible delights during a South Wairarapa stopover.

Winston Aldworth samples some capital beers.

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.

A police investigation into the discovery of a man's body in Wainuiomata has been upgraded to homicide.

Wellington has been hammered by heavy rain and strong winds today, bringing down trees and blocking roads.

On a rail trip from the capital, Pamela Wade is enraptured by the North Island's emerald green beauty and looming mountains.

The owner of a cat shot through the head with a crossbow says she will talk to an 18-year-old who handed himself into police before she decides whether to push for charges to be laid.

The family of a woman murdered in a calculated attack by her former partner say his sentencing will help to put the "dark period" behind them.

The family of a woman murdered in a calculated attack by her former partner say his sentencing will help to put the "dark period" behind them.

A married senior naval officer dismissed from the Defence Force after a 37-year career over an affair with a subordinate has not yet decided whether to appeal.

A senior navy officer has been found guilty of charges relating to a relationship with a subordinate at a Court Martial.