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Wellington Water this morning reported a wastewater leak outside 1A Lyttelton Avenue near the Porirua City Centre pump station. It said a sucker truck was managing any residual leakage. There was ...
Nominations for candidates to stand in the 2025 Wellington City Council local elections have had a strong showing to date – but the clock is ticking down on the deadline for applications being ...
Unlike some of the other mayoral candidates, I applaud the government’s move to put rate capping in place and their attempt to get local councils to stick to their core responsibilities and ...
Report from RNZ by Nick James Cleaning up an old toxic dump site on a Wellington beach has cost nearly a million dollars. In ...
Wellington trains were suspended or delayed this morning due to icy conditions. At 9am, Metlink’s website said Kāpiti line trains weren’t running “due to icy overhead ...
Secrecy surrounds the details of a teacher charged with multiple counts of indecent assault. The person appeared in the Wellington District Court today, but all identifying information is ...
Kate Green , Senior journalist Julia DeLuney has been found guilty of murdering her 79-year-old mother, Helen Gregory ...
Susan Edmunds, Money Correspondent Rents have fallen on an annual basis for the first time since late 2009, property research firm Cotality says. Its latest data points to an update from the ...
A long and fraught journey to upgrade Featherston’s wastewater treatment plant has reached a significant milestone, with a 10-year consent application now resting in the hands of commissioners.
Two marae on a dangerous stretch of State Highway 1 north of Wellington are calling for the return of the 80 kph speed limit after a crash that killed a motorcyclist on Tuesday. Wehi Wehi and ...
Education union NZEI Te Riu Roa is taking legal action over the Government’s move to defund resource teachers of Māori and literacy in Budget 2025. The union filed for a judicial review in ...
Police Minister Mark Mitchell today announced the retirement of statutory Deputy Commissioner of Police, Tania Kura. Ms Kura has served in the statutory Deputy Police Commissioner role since her ...