'Surprised and happy': Wellington students receive NCEA exam results
5:25 PM Around the country, pass rates dropped and non-attendance increased, but these Wellington students have taken results in their stride.
Covid-19: Locations of interest in the Delta outbreak - January 20
5:22 PM A Hastings gym and several Palmerston North businesses - believed to be linked to an assumed Omicron case - are amongst the latest locations of interest linked to the Covid-19 outbreak on Thursday.
Entire country to go 'red' if Omicron gets out
4:54 PM All of New Zealand will move up the traffic light system if there is a community outbreak of the more contagious Covid-19 variant, the prime minister says.
Free guided snorkel tours of Wellington marine reserve start this Saturday
4:41 PM Catch a glimpse of everything from big blue moki, blue cod, wrasse and spotties, to conger eels, eagle rays, sting rays, crayfish and octopus.
Adams typifies Tongans' inner strength
OPINION: While we mourn with the Tongan community, let us also remind ourselves of how much of our community they intrinsically are.
Reimagining Wellington: What could we achieve with ambition and bold leadership?
We wanted to spark a discussion about how to make our region more liveable, more affordable, more connected.
Bringing Wellington's streams back to life and light
Wellington has buried hundreds of kilometres of natural streams in underground pipes. But what if we brought them back to the surface?
Reimagining Wellington: How Seoul uncovered a stream and changed the central city
What we can learn about one Asian capital's ambition to rehabilitate natural waterways, just like those under Wellington's streets.
Reimagining Wellington: How a London construction scheme is breaking barriers
The UK's first female scaffolder says the job is like "watching something come to life," and she wants other women to experience that too.
Reimagining Wellington: Cities are about sharing space (including with the trees)
Hannah Hopewell of Te Herenga Waka Victoria University on landscape-led urbanism, where the nature and people can co-exist.
Adams typifies Tongans' inner strength
OPINION: While we mourn with the Tongan community, let us also remind ourselves of how much of our community they intrinsically are.
Just who closed the border?
OPINION: But shutting off arrivals in March won’t help prevent the highly transmissible variant from breaching MIQ over the next six weeks.
Valuing the visual artist’s image
Mark Amery welcomes the first auction house adoption of a copyright scheme asking for payment for reproduction of visual artists’ artwork
How I write: Mike Munro
The former journalist, political minder and a consultant has just released '1921: Rugby, Race & Empire', which looks at the first Springboks’ rugby tour of New Zealand following World War I.
Te Hikoi Toi: I hear an ancestress
Rangimarie Sophie Jolley spends time with a contemporary masterpiece - , Lisa Reihana’s in Pursuit of Venus [infected], at Te Papa.
Professor with lifetime passion for science
Alan Kaiser was known internationally for his work in condensed matter physics.
Arts events and things to do in Wellington
While the sun is shining head out for some arts walks or if you're a Rolling Stones fan don't miss the Sticky Fingers concert at the Opera House.
Michael Bracewell powers Firebirds to emphatic win over Aces
The Wellington Firebirds' demolition job of the Auckland Aces moves them to within touching distance of a spot in next week's elimination final.
New signing to debut for Phoenix after Covid setback
Coach Ufuk Talay has confirmed new signing Gael Sandoval was among the 19 players who contracted Covid-19.
Wellington Phoenix captain Alex Rufer ready to return after brush with Covid-19
The All Whites midfielder is confident he can be the best version of himself when the Phoenix resume their A-League Men campaign.
Phoenix fixture clash ‘unavoidable’
The Phoenix men’s and women’s games will overlap by at least 35 minutes.
From Townsville to Wellington: Central Pulse summon former Steel title-winner
Without a contract since 2020, Courtney Elliott faced another season in a semi-professional Queensland league. Now she's bound for the capital.
No 'I' in Well_ngton: new sign on the capital waterfront
A new $130,000 sign on the Wellington waterfront is designed to be "Instagram-able".
Lower Hutt's long-promised hotel taking bookings for April
The developer promises four-star Sebel hotel will open in Lower Hutt by April
This suburb went from ugly duckling to the biggest price jump in Wellington
In the 2000s, the developer gave away a section for free because no-one wanted to live there. Now, the suburb's house price growth has outstripped everywhere else in Wellington.
It was most expensive house sold in Wellington last year - then it was demolished
Old money, new money. One of Wellington's oldest, most expensive houses had a wealthy history, which the development rising from its wreckage now confronts.
Ngāi Tahu invests $3 million in Sharesies
Online investment platform Sharesies has announced a $3 million investment from Ngāi Tahu Holdings in an extension of its $50 million capital raise announced in October.
Stormwater system behind Transmission Gully delays
A new opening date for long-awaited Wellington highway will likely be announced in mid-February, as the cause of the key roadblock is revealed.
Quirky Athfield house hits the market
Matt Wilson is such an Athfield fan, he once built a sleep-out modelled on one of his houses. Now he's selling an Athfield house of his own.
Pūkeko trapper gets police apology for botched community justice hearing
Pest controller Evan Minton was labelled a “horrid duck killer” and had his equipment vandalised, but has been denied the chance to face the culprits.
No sign of missing Stokes Valley man
Sean Murrihy has not been seen since January 13. His brother believes he may have returned to the Tararua ranges, where he loved tramping as a child.
Principal buys students' togs herself
Whether it's pens, pencils, togs, clothing or lunches - going to school doesn't come cheap, and in some cases, the costs are falling to teaching staff.
Govt decision pausing MIQ rooms won't protect from Omicron - expert
Epidemiologist Michael Baker says it doesn't make sense to limit rooms in March and April when preparations could be made now, others argue keeping borders shut is unsustainable.
Valuing the visual artist’s image
Mark Amery welcomes the first auction house adoption of a copyright scheme asking for payment for reproduction of visual artists’ artwork
Resurfacing of 25,000 square metres of Wellington Airport taxiway begins
The airport is also getting new ground lighting and stormwater system upgrades in the first major reconstruction since it opened in 1959.
PM kicks off another year of Covid politics
ANALYSIS: Jacinda Ardern will be announcing a review of the traffic light settings today, but much larger questions loom about the Government's response to Omicron.
Mother 'broken-hearted' and lost for words at death of five-year-old boy at Hutt River
More than 100 people joined the search for Maxi Tuhou's son Leonidas after he went missing on Tuesday afternoon.
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