Wellington Region

One experienced nurse has told RNZ recent demand has "brought staff to their knees".

Police were called to the scene about 7.30am and a person has been taken to hospital.

The Argentina Pumas have clawed to a win over the All Blacks 38-30 in Wellington.

A seismologist says New Zealand is unlikely to have a megaquake such as the one Japan is on high alert for, but a lesser quake could still be more devastating.

Repairs on the Aratere ferry are continuing overnight, after the troubled Interislander ferry was damaged berthing into Wellington Harbour on Thursday.

"I just feel fundamentally uncomfortable about playing role of traffic engineer here," one of three councillors who left a vote on pedestrian crossings says.

One business owner says she will be "massively out of pocket" after some of her customers' orders were on the truck.

It will ensure Māori have greater access to decision-making at a local level, the mayor says.

Wellington City Council is testifying at the inquest into the death of Sandy Calkin, who drowned after being last seen walking on Queens Wharf in July 2021.

The iReX Project was initially estimated to cost $775m when KiwiRail submitted its business case in 2018.

The vehicle crashed a short time later in Otaki and the man was taken into custody.

The shallow quake hit the fault-riddled Cook Strait, GNS science says.

Wellington City Council's response to deaths and incidents on the capital's waterfront promenade has come under fire ahead of a coroner's inquest into the death of Sandy Calkin.

A budding photographer and stargazer gave up on sleep in favour of a stunning Aurora Australis. Audio

More than 200 people have gathered outside Parliament in support of Ngāpuhi opposition to the repeal of Section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act.

It wanted the cameras to calculate travels times to determine if the private operators of the Transmission Gully motorway were meeting performance standards.

Nearly 200 people dived in frigid 9C Wellington water to raise money Saturday morning.

The 26-year-old has been charged with impersonating a police officer to take advantage of people.

Thomas Mackay Taniwha was found to be running "high turnover" poker games both in person and on online gambling platforms.

Defence for the lead defendant in the Karori murder trial says his client did not shoot Rau Tongia and that the science supports that.