Report from RNZ by Lauren Crimp he owner of a Porirua property struck by a slip says it sounded like a freight train crashing ...

Hutt Valley train services were still disrupted this morning after a person died on the railway tracks at Waterloo Station yesterday. Police are investigating and said officers were providing ...

A Seismic Assessment for Wellington’s 100-year-old Embassy Theatre has shown that two parts of the building are below the 34% NBS threshold for being earthquake prone, but the building can ...

The local government Minister is introducing a bill to remove four wellbeing provisions from the Local Government Act to “refocus” councils on their core functions. Minister Simon ...

Wellington-based MPs have condemned councillor Ray Chung’s email about Mayor Tory Whanau, and one says he feels “embarrassed” to be from Wellington. Labour leader and member for ...

PSA members at ACC will picket outside their office in Shamrock House, Wellington as part of strike action. More than 1,000 members will strike across the country in ...

About 800 Ministry of Education specialist staff who work directly with children to support their learning needs will strike next week, saying they have been forced to walk off the job after the ...

The government’s new policy for polytechnics, announced today, leaves Weltec and Whitireia within a much reduced Te Pukenga, “as they work toward viability.” The government says ...

Whanganui councillors have voted 8-5 to form a new entity with Ruapehu to manage the delivery of water services. Whanganui and Ruapehu district councils will be the shareholders of the new ...

Let’s take a breather from today’s negative carry-on in the Council elections. There’s still beauty in this city! Positivity abounds in corners and out in the open. Tonight I attended a ...

Wellington City Councillor and mayoral candidate Ray Chung and his Independent Together group had an audience of mostly supportive voters at the Miramar and Maupuia Community Centre last night.

Whanganui’s average rates increase of 2.2 percent for the year ahead is the lowest in New Zealand. Mayor Andrew Tripe says the low figure is the envy of the country and the payoff in a sustained ...