This will be a good weekend to check out the museum or cuddle up with a book as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the country.

A male has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after an incident on Wellington Urban Motorway's Terrace off-ramp. Police

Software engineer Donald Gordon moved to Whanganui because of the local council's investment in fibre broadband. Now other councils are being urged to take lead in boosting regional economies. Made with funding from NZ on Air

As smoke billowed from her vehicle Susan Evans lay trapped and unconscious inside. Murray Michie didn't think twice about going in and cutting her free.

Software engineer Donald Gordon moved to Whanganui because of the local council's investment in fibre broadband. Now other councils are being urged to take lead in boosting regional economies. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Join Tristram Clayton as he discovers one of Wellington's best kept secrets, now yours to own!

A Wellington postie has dumped 3000 mail items, including 300 voting papers.

The chief executive of Wellington Council says he would welcome outside scrutiny of a deal to pay Singapore Airlines to fly to the city.

COMMENT: Given all the rugby union claim to have learnt, they should be exemplars of good behaviour and doing what is right.

A female pedestrian hit by a car in Wellington last night is recovering in hospital.

Protesters to target a Lions' match this Friday over the union's decision to keep a contracted player acquitted of a violent attack.

A junior Navy officer who alleges she was sexually violated by a superior says he pinned her down and told her: "Shh, just let it happen."

A woman was lost in Wellington bush this evening after taking a nap during an afternoon walk.

A man is in a critical condition after being stabbed at a 21st birthday party in Lower Hutt.

Children and teachers at a Wellington school had an exciting morning when a New Zealand Defence Force helicopter landed in their playground as an end-of-term treat.

Tristram Clayton sits down with current Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown.

Tristram talks to Political Reporter Isaac Davison about the Corrections blunder that has seen possibly thousands of inmates incarcerated for too long.

A school ball organised privately by Wellington students has been forced to move to a secret venue after police raised issues about

The Sustainable Cities Index has ranked New Zealand's capital the sixth greenest city.

Health authorities are investigating if there is a link between a man with Guillain-Barre syndrome and the Hawke's Bay campylobacter outbreak.

A schoolboy has been left with scraped knees after falling into a playground sinkhole yesterday.

A man is in a critical condition in the ICU with a fractured skull, facial fractures, and lacerations to his head following a serious assault in Lower Hutt.

A former Wellington policeman has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing another person's Facebook account.

Cloe Willetts explores the art, tastes, sounds and scenery of the Kapiti Coast.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

Sir Peter Jackson is in talks to bring augmented reality and digital storytelling to Matiu-Somes Island in Wellington Harbour.

The coolest little capital in the world is being praised again.

Emergency services are standing down after failing to find signs of fire in a building on the Terrace in Wellington's CBD this evening.

A driver's shocking near-miss at a Wellington intersection has been caught on camera.

A large slip has blocked SH3 in North Taranaki, flooding and slips have closed roads in Wellington and hampered the capital's World War I centenary events.