Wellington Region

Police said one person received serious injuries.

The cause of the fire remains undetermined.

A new book promises to lift the lid on the history of the capital's Indian community, as its association turns 100.

The women, who often worked every day without breaks, were initially paid just $200 per week according to the Employment Relations Authority.

Passengers booked on Bluebridge's Strait Feronia ferry are "stranded" due to mechanical problems.

Two fights have been reported in the three months Te Ngaengae Pool has been open, along with other intimidating behaviour.

Police have released the name of a woman who died after being hit by a car in central Wellington.

Hutt City Council has handed over management of its biggest sporting facility to the Wellington Phoenix football club.

The 66-year-old woman was struck by a car as she crossed the street on Wellington's Courtenay Place.

The pedestrian was critically injured when they were struck by a bus on Manners Street.

A nearby worker described seeing a man lying motionless on the ground after the collision

"I just got up, filled with adrenaline and just ran...I made him get out of the car, told him get out, stay there, wait for the cops."

Witnesses say the woman, in her 60s, was struck and carried 15 metres down the road before being thrown off.

A witness says a woman in her 60s was struck by a car while crossing the street and carried about 15m down the road until she was thrown off.

A metal statue of the iconic jedi master was stolen from a Madras Street property in the Wellington suburb of Khandallah on Tuesday night.

A funeral home was set on fire at 10am on Saturday morning and four churches set a light overnight - two other churches were targeted.

The Kapiti Coast District Council posted on Facebook that it needed to clear the pool for hygiene reasons a few too many times.

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