The man who has admitted to slashing hundreds of car tyres near Wellington Airport claims he wasn't the only vandal.

A woman has been taken to hospital after being hit by a stolen car fleeing from police.

A project to bring more Coromandel brown kiwi to Motutapu Island is among nine Auckland community-led conservation projects awarded funding.

The area around the State Insurance Building in Wellington has been closed to pedestrians and traffic due to the apparent risk of falling glass.

CentrePort's container shipping operation, severely damaged in the November 14 Kaikoura earthquake, is to begin operating again.

Two people were arrested at Wellington Sevens this weekend and a further 55 were removed or turned away.

A Wellington suburb has become empty and fearful, after a spate of vicious tyre slashings.

Fewer than 10,000 people turned out to Westpac Stadium yesterday, with only about 1000 left to cheer on New Zealand at the end of the night.

The clampdown on Wellington's Sevens debauchery appears to be successful, with no arrests so far at today's tournament. But attendance

Holiday traffic is set to build from 9am as Aucklanders make a break for the regions.

A huge fire that consumed an Upper Hutt commercial building tonight has been brought under control.

Wellington's Mayor feared he was about to die in the moments before his car collided with a truck.

Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy is calling for police to record hate crime statistics to combat racism.

What's in store weatherwise for the upcoming long weekend?

Little Oscar Cakebread had a rough start to life, but the future's looking a whole lot brighter thanks, in part, to the efforts of three young sailors.

Five homicides within 15 months involving acutely unwell mental health patients have led to an overhaul of health systems following a critical review.

The fight for a better summer is going all the way to the Beehive.

A rescue helicopter had to winch a woman off a cruise ship in the Cook Strait shortly after midnight today. Life Flight Westpac Rescue

A 53-year-old man has been arrested after several cars parked near Wellington Airport had their tyres punctured or slashed in recent months in an ongoing feud over parking.

A neighbour has described seeing a blood-soaked towel on a lawn outside a suspected stabbing in the Wellington suburb of Tawa.

Police are hunting for a man with a distinctive scar on his face who they want to talk to about burglaries in Wellington.

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Wheelchair-bound woman only wanted to sit at front of concert, say organisers.

Bus company InterCity is putting more premium seats in its buses.

Kiwis have not been treated to the usual warm temperatures that January brings, with the mercury sitting lower than the same time last year.

Motorists returning to work after a long weekend in Wellington had a nasty surprise this morning, with heavy traffic backing up in some parts.

Police have closed a section of Vivian St in Wellington after a piece of glass fell from a building and landed on a parked car.

The November earthquake was the likely cause of a leak affecting the main water supply pipe to Wellington City.

Police are investigating allegations of an elaborate online car sales scam.

Rugby fans could face accommodation and transport nightmares for the British and Irish Lions' tour of New Zealand.