As well as restricting vehicle access, the plan would see all car parks along the roads removed, most side streets closed off to become culs-de-sac, and footpaths widened. Read...

Rodeo has come under the scrutiny of the higher courts today, as animal welfare groups say the activity violates the Animal Welfare Act. The New Zealand Animal Law Association (NZALA) and SAFE say rodeo violates the Act set up... Read...

Head coach Andy Farrell says Ireland `back themselves against anyone` after they beat the All Blacks in New Zealand for the first time to set up a series decider in Wellington on Saturday. Read...

Family and friends are worried about the wellbeing of a Wellington man missing from his home for five days. Aiken Hakes, 33, was last seen on Tuesday after going missing from his Kilbirnie home. His family and police say they... Read...

A passenger travelling from Sydney to Wellington who ended up `abandoned` in Christchurch believes Qantas should have informed passengers before take-off that they were never going to land in the capital city.More than a hundred... Read...

A taxi driver has been flown from Hastings to Wellington Hospital after an apparent robbery and assault late last night.Police said emergency services were alerted about 11.20pm, understood to be from within the taxi company,... Read...

Speaking at the party`s annual conference in Wellington, leader David Seymour said the investigation would look into whether the Covid-19 restrictions were always justifiable. Read...

The annual New Zealand Eid festival will take place in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch this morning. Read...

New Zealand`s biggest suppliers of alcohol say there is a nationwide bourbon shortage.Retailers in Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Wellington and Christchurch, and a spokesperson for Liquorland confirmed the shortages were indeed nationwide.Bottom-shelf... Read...

A scathing review has found fluoridating water was `not a priority` for Wellington Water, and there were no plans to reinstate fluoride into the two cut-off water stations. Read...