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Latest Regional - Wellington

  • Transmission Gully hearing commences 4-month process

    Transmission Gully hearing commences 4-month process

    Mon, 13th Feb - The decades-old debate over whether or not the Transmission Gully motorway north of Wellington should be built will be resolved in just four months... Read more

  • Child safety concerns in Waikanae

    Child safety concerns in Waikanae

    Sun, 12th Feb - A number of Waikanae parents are raising concern over reports a man has been following and approaching children... Read more

  • Woman, 44, missing in Wairarapa

    Woman, 44, missing in Wairarapa

    Sat, 11th Feb - Wairarapa police are searching for a 44-year-old woman missing since Friday afternoon... Read more


Latest Regional - Wellington Headlines

  • Man following kids in Kapiti Coast

    Man following kids in Kapiti Coast

    Sat, 11th Feb - Police have increased patrols in a lower North Island town following four separate reports of children being followed to or from school by a man... Read more

  • Police release CCTV images - do you know these men?

    Police release CCTV images - do you know these men?

    Fri, 10th Feb - Wellington police have released CCTV images of two men they want to speak to in relation to a violent robbery on Tuesday night... Read more

  • Driver off work after Wgtn train death

    Driver off work after Wgtn train death

    Wed, 08th Feb - The driver of a train that struck and killed a man in a Wellington suburb has taken time off work and is being offered counselling... Read more

  • Dom Post deliveries disrupted

    Dom Post deliveries disrupted

    Sat, 11th Feb - The Dominion Post will not be delivered to many parts of the North Island due to an electrical fault at the newspaper's printing press... Read more

  • Body found in Wellington Harbour

    Body found in Wellington Harbour

    Thu, 09th Feb - Wellington police are investigating the discovery of a body at Scorching Bay but don't yet know how it got there... Read more

  • Horrified commuters see pedestrian death

    Horrified commuters see pedestrian death

    Wed, 08th Feb - A male pedestrian has died when a southbound commuter train hit him near Linden Station, north of Wellington... Read more




  • Kapiti residents demand council CEO return $44,000 payrise

    Kapiti residents demand council CEO return $44,000 payrise

    Tue, 07th Feb - After the Chch City Council chief executive Tony Maryatt gave back his payrise, Kapiti ratepayers are demanding their council chief do the same... Read more

  • Woman warns others after Wellington attack

    Woman warns others after Wellington attack

    Mon, 06th Feb - A Wellington teenager is cautioning women not to venture out alone after dark, following a sexually motivated attack in the suburb of Newtown... Read more

  • Two Sevens fans arrested for charging the field

    Two Sevens fans arrested for charging the field

    Sun, 05th Feb - Police and security arrested two Sevens fans for storming the playing field yesterday and kicked out 40 others for drunk and rowdy behaviour... Read more

  • Child critical after Kapiti crash

    Child critical after Kapiti crash

    Sat, 04th Feb - A child has been flown to hospital with serious head injuries after two cars and a truck collided north of Wellington... Read more

  • Sevens 2012: Costumes & craziness in central Wellington (PHOTOS)

    Sevens 2012: Costumes & craziness in central Wellington (PHOTOS)

    Fri, 03rd Feb - See photos from the Wellington Sevens madness in the country's capital... Read more

  • Lake Wakatipu conquered in marathon swim

    Lake Wakatipu conquered in marathon swim

    Tue, 07th Feb - Slathered in petroleum jelly, Ben Campbell-MacDonald spent almost 19 hours in the freezing waters of Lake Wakatipu... Read more

  • Busy night for Wgtn police after sevens

    Busy night for Wgtn police after sevens

    Sun, 05th Feb - The behaviour of Sevens fans has been praised, but police in the city had a busy night as people partied in the streets... Read more

  • PHOTOS: Day 2 Wellington Sevens, the craziness continues

    PHOTOS: Day 2 Wellington Sevens, the craziness continues

    Sat, 04th Feb - See photos from Day 2 of the Wellington Sevens... Read more

  • Sevens security to be increased

    Sevens security to be increased

    Sat, 04th Feb - Security is set to be boosted for the second day of the Wellington Sevens after a fan tackled a Samoan player yesterday... Read more

  • Wellington Sevens 2012: All the costumes and madness

    Wellington Sevens 2012: All the costumes and madness

    Fri, 03rd Feb - Crowds of costumed Sevens fans took to the Wellington streets today as the annual 2012 Hertz Wellington Sevens kicked off... Read more




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