Krystal Gibbens

Queens Drive and High Street will be closed for the rest of the year, which is causing traffic chaos and worrying businesses.

与广为人知的"年度鸟类"评选类似，这项比赛聚焦本土物种，并提高公众对其保护状况的认识。

The blobfish, which was declared the world's ugliest animal in 2013, beat the odds to win the competition last year.

The hospital was described as "heaving" on Wednesday with some elective surgeries cancelled.

Shop owner Kate Necklen says it would be "awesome" to see people back at south coast bays which have been off limits since a sewage plant failure.

Wellington mayor Andrew Little says the council and health authorities have to be practical and realistic.

Hicks Bay locals have been cut off for weeks of the peak tourism season and are still facing a major clean up.

Stormy weather in the capital this week blew birds off course and left some exhausted and in need of rescue.

Thousands of people congregated at the festival which had to cancel one of its headline events, the Blessing of the Boats, earlier this week.

Meanwhile, Wellington Water said screened wastewater was now discharging to the long outfall pipe again.

Some businesses along the Welington's South Coast say the major sewage spill is a "kick in the teeth" and they are already losing business.

Explainer- Ratepayers in the Wellington metropolitan area will have two bills from 1 July as new water entity Tiaki Wai steps up.

The drug currently costs around $460 a month. Audio

The building has sat empty, with blackened walls and damaged signage, since the fire in May 2023.

On average each year, the clean up usually collects around 1500 litres of rubbish Audio

For years she was the undisputed Queen of Aro Park - a mural was even painted with the proclamation. But how did she gain fame? Audio

The passing of Lola, the Aro Park cat, was announced on her Facebook page on Monday, with the post attracting more than 100 comments.

Since December, three Hutt Valley bars have been targeted in similar ways and police say the crimes may be linked. Audio

Spruce Goose, located near Wellington Airport, said in a post on social media it had been unable to secure a new lease.

The Miramar establishment, which has operated since 2009, is closing after Sir Peter Jackson's company WingNut PM terminated its lease.

The men were found off Tolaga Bay on Wednesday, after their commercial boat Sidetracked capsized suddenly when it got tangled in a craypot line.

Floorball is particularly popular in Scandanavian countries, but it's beginning to pick up in popularity here too.

Travellers whose sailings were cancelled by Bluebridge in the past week could not get another booking until the end of January.

People have taken to social media posting photos of the chipped windscreens.

Commuters say the number of buses sent to replace trains has been inadequate, while some buses haven't showed up or left earlier than scheduled.