Wellington high school students gathered outside Parliament this afternoon to protest against rape culture in secondary schools.

The protest is planned for 4.30pm today outside Parliament.

A comment posted online encouraged students to "bring your cars and run them all over"

A member of the public has come forward as the likely owner of an inflatable raft found in the Hutt River.

A flight between Wellington and Dunedin was diverted to Christchurch after being struck by lightning.

Wellingtonians are facing further delays in peak hour traffic after a car crashed into a power pole.

Wellington schoolgirl Thomasin McKenzie, 16, will star in My Abandonment alongside Hollywood actor Ben Foster.

Nick Leggett says he has decided against running for Parliament in Mana.

A top Auckland boys' school is tackling sticky topics in a healthy relationships programme.

Parents of Wellington College pupils received an email addressing comments made online by male students about "taking advantage" of women.

Police are waiting for sniffer dogs after a bomb scare evacuated a city block.

Year 9 students have been suspended from an Upper Hutt school after being caught inappropriately filming female staff.

Rape crisis experts are heading into Wellington College to meet with the school's leadership.

Top chef Martin Bosley is coming to the rescue of MPs who have given mixed reviews about the food at Parliament.

Exciting - but smelly - return home for Wellington quake exiles.

Most people have been allowed to return to Tory St already.

New Zealand universities have again scored high rankings in the annual QS World University Subject Rankings.

Wellington College is investigating social media posts made by two students describing 'taking advantage' of drunk women in a closed Facebook group.

The property company that rented office space to a family to live in faces a claim for the $6000 rent the family paid.

He says authorities are violating his human rights because they refuse to let him don a toupee.

The New Zealand Defence Force and Ministry of Defence must now find a new headquarters for hundreds of staff.

A cold change sweeping up the South Island this afternoon has seen temperatures drop by double digits in 10 minutes.

Wellington Council and sculptor Neil Dawson are at odds over destroying his art work.

Wellington's iconic ferns sculpture, estimated to have cost $150,000, has been discovered in a waste management yard.

Travel is safer now, so fewer of us are dying in large-scale disasters, but climate change could reverse the trend.

Wellington streets that became notorious for tyre slashings, could soon get parking changes.

The news Annette King is quitting politics has been greeted by disappointment from the Rongotai electorate. King is stepping down

The last of the Reading Cinema car park building was brought down on Tuesday.

Airline pilots want to delay a planning hearing regarding extension on Wellington Airport's runway.

Stephen James Smith will be given third shot at freedom.