Wellington Region

A man who sold stolen property on Facebook has claimed he did not know the items were stolen and was just helping an older person with technology.

The Ava Rail bridge will be closed for cyclists and walkers from February 24 next year.

The announcement is expected on Wednesday. Audio

Six people were arrested for fighting and disorderly behaviour at the large festival in January.

Updates are now due out in February instead of December thanks to a lack of sales data on vacant lots.

It means parks could close if the danger gets too high.

A popular Wellington bakery has announced its closure one week after winning a hospitality award, while another has been put into liquidation.

The marae will again provide "shelter and warmth" to students, as it has done for nearly four decades.

Drivers are being urged to take extra care on South Island roads, and warned that roads could close, as heavy rain and wind warnings spread orange and yellow across the MetService map.

A Wellington bar began playing episodes of the internationally famous podcast in its bathrooms a while back. Then the real thing showed up.

A Wellington man says an assailant who repeatedly stabbed his mother had empty eyes: "It was like there was nothing there."

Motorists caught on camera driving for more than 50 metres in a bus lane could be issued with a $150 fine.

The deodorisers are like spraying cleaner into the air, locals say. With them off, it's "literally a breath of fresh air".

The eco-friendly, self-sustainable building is just the second in Aotearoa built to a 'living building' standard which takes a year to achieve.

The man who suffered his injuries in Porirua last weekend has died in hospital.

The region's water use is higher than Auckland's - and almost twice that allowed in the UK and Copenhagen.

It's an earthquake risk - though some experts disagreed - and council staff deemed the $85m strengthening cost too high.

A Wellington city councillor wants a decision on the future of the city to sea bridge shifted to next year, in hopes of saving it.

The Phoenix and Auckland FC rivalry heats up ahead of their second A-League clash.

Fire crews are trying to cut the fire off from an area of pine trees and dense scrub along the rail corridor.