The departure of Capital Coast District Health Board chief executive Ken Whelan because of pressure to cut costs will not be the last, Labour MP Ruth Dyson says.

A woman fired from her job for comments she posted on Facebook will be awarded money from her former employer.

Suspended Labour MP Chris Carter is taking two months' sick leave from Parliament, delaying any disciplinary action, but his pay could be docked by $10 a day.

Police investigating the murder of a Wellington woman are looking for a man who may have spent time with the victim.

A neighbour heard death threats coming from a Wellington council flat where a woman was brutally murdered.

Police say Allison McPhee, 42, whose body was found in a Wellington flat on Wednesday, died a violent death.

The Labour leadership is seething about an anonymous note suggesting the party is in strife with the unions.

Police are treating as suspicious the discovery of a woman's body at a block of Wellington flats yesterday afternoon.

Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt was allegedly seen eating at an Indian restaurant in suburban Wellington last night.

Two Upper Hutt men have been charged with an assault near a Wellington service station last weekend and will appear in court on Wednesday.

A Wellington landlord incensed by a meter reader who defecated in a bag and left it on his doorstep has had his compensation claim knocked back from $200kto $800.

Thousands of hardy Wellingtonians lined the city's streets at lunchtime for a parade for World Cup heroes the All Whites.