The confirmation of funding for metro rail upgrades in both Auckland and Wellington should reassure train users in both major cities that there is a better focus on shoring up vital daily commuter ...

Ross Calman (Non-fiction) and Dinah Hawken (Poetry) News from Creative NZ Three outstanding New Zealand writers will tonight ...

Rail passengers in Wellington and Auckland can look forward to more reliable commuter train services with funding confirmed for critical overdue upgrade programmes. “Both cities’ metro rail ...

Wellington.Scoop Transmission Gully was closed to all southbound traffic for more than an hour this morning, because of a ...

Most Wellington Girls’ College students will be back in class today after three confirmed cases of measles at the school. Year 9 to 11 students have been working from home since Monday.

Report from RNZ An overnight fire has significantly damaged Alicetown’s Community Centre in Lower Hutt. Four fire engines ...

State Highway 2 is blocked following a serious crash this afternoon. Police were called to the single-vehicle crash, where a car has struck a powerpole, west of Number 1 Line. Initial indicators ...

Beauty salons and nail parlours are in the sights of immigration staff and labour inspectors after fears some are linked to organised crime and money laundering operations. Compliance teams from ...

Smith Mayor Little and the new Wellington City Council are off to a good start on one issue – the fencing of the waterfront.

State Highway 2 was closed for three and a half hours tonight, following a serious crash near Tauwharenīkau. Police were called to the single-vehicle crash, where a car struck a powerpole west ...

Report from RNZ by Pokere Paewai The Crown has apologised to Auckland and Hauraki iwi Ngāti Paoa for its actions which led to the iwi becoming “virtually landless.” Around 500 iwi ...