The Malaysian diplomat convicted of indecently assaulting a Wellington woman has been deported after finishing his sentence.

Vulnerable woman tells of feeling 'yuck' after motel encounters with mental health nurse who exploited her problem with alcohol, prosecutors say.

A cyclist is seriously injured after being hit by a bus in central Wellington this morning.

Research project to look at the lives of those who died in the 1918 flu epidemic and were buried at Karori Cemetery.

Wellington shoplifters are said to be becoming more brazen in their bid to secure expensive items.

Many residents felt the 4.4 magnitude shake early today.

Relief could be on the way.

Hundreds of teenagers queued on Wellington's Lambton Quay this morning for the opening the city's first Topshop and Topman.

Exclusive: Herald investigation sparks legislative change banning punishment rooms in Kiwi schools.

Wellington rugby player Losi Filipo has avoided jail for assault and been sentenced to nine months supervision.

The woman who helped raise Steven Adams shares her thoughts on his mammoth NBA contract.

Whether or not a Wellington primary school teacher is fit to teach was the subject of a New Zealand Teachers' Disciplinary Tribunal

The driver of a car in Wellington had a watery commute this morning.

Xero is betting on Denver to be the cornerstone of its North American operations.

Where young home buyers are snapping up properties revealed.

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

A Wellington art gallery owner is reaching out to women trying to deal with periods while living rough.

A Wellington firefighter had to be winched from steep terrain after a cat took exception to being rescued from a macrocarpa tree.

A civic memorial service is being held in Wellington for trade union leader and medical marijuana campaigner Helen Kelly.

The woman who is believed to have sparked a controversial police investigation into a pro-euthanasia group has been identified.

Three cars have crashed near a rail bridge north of Wellington - causing a backlog of traffic along SH1.

A judge who granted a discharge without conviction to a Wellington rugby player for assualt did not "fully recognise the serious of his offending", the Crown says.

One teacher allegedly accessed porn at school and blamed it on his son.

Park Rd chief joins John Key's delegation to India to get a sense of what interest there would be in offering courses to aspiring film makers.

Officials are yet to release the final road statistics for the weekend, but as the holiday period came to a close at 6am this morning the toll stood at three.

The Labour weekend road toll stands at two today, after a woman critically injured in a Paekakariki crash died in hospital.

A 24-year-old man remains in intensive care following an alleged hit and run in Whanganui yesterday.

It wasn't quite the cat-up-a-tree cliche, but it was something near-enough that gave a Wellington fire crew a memorable call-out for the long weekend.

COMMENT: A look at this week's new population projections should give Phil Goff and his council a sobering reminder of the massive task ahead of them.

Long weekenders rejoice - the sun is set to continue for the majority of the country over Labour Weekend.