Latest from Wellington Region

NZ won't 'buy' Security Council seat: McCully

'Oldest profession' hit by recession

Wairarapa: A glass beneath the totara

Great food and wine - and no rowdies - make the day for Sharon Lundy.

Wildfoods festival big earner for economy

The strange tale of Finnegan's haka

As Ireland prepare to face the All Blacks at Eden Park today, Dean Parker recalls how the New Zealand battle cry influenced one of their greatest writers

Musica Sacra: Modern ancient mix

A Shortcut to Happiness: Tripping the light fantastic

A bad week for slow learners

Drunk teen fell eight storeys to his death while partying

Woman's new car stolen at VTNZ station

Wairarapa: Pedalling to the pinots

Sharon Lundy settles into an easy bike-riding tour of Wairarapa's award-winning wineries.

Woman's new car stolen at VTNZ station

Wellington's flourishing fashion scene

Zoe Walker visits Wellington and checks out its thriving fashion scene.

Review: Hippopotamus, Wellington

Lindsay shouldn't have set the bar so high. He was the cook at the lodge on Kapiti Island where the Professor and I stayed overnight on Anzac Day.

Residents of dangerous HNZ block all re-housed

Clothing stolen from home destroyed in suspected arson