Report from LDR by Justin Wong The Upper Hutt City Council’s acting chief executive is taking the full job. The city’s ...

Felicity Wong Politicians are ready to change the rules, by regulation, to help a private development at 260 Wakefield Street, (the old Commonsense Organics site). Mayor Little and Deputy ...

News from Kelburn Residents Association The Kelburn community is united in its opposition to a new 5G cellphone tower and ...

Senior Labour MP Dr Ayesha Verrall is in hospital recovering from surgery. Shen posted on social media tonight that while the surgery was unplanned, it was “much-needed”.

The downturn in Wellington’s property market deepened this quarter. Our latest QV House Price Index shows the region’s average home value reduced by 2.8% to $787,197 throughout the July quarter.

New Zealand’s civil infrastructure construction industry will flock to the capital this week to share knowledge, celebrate achievements, tackle major challenges and discuss the way forward for ...

Friday’s mayoral forum failed to reach agreement on how the region’s local bodies could be amalgamated. So instead, the Forum sent two conflicting proposals to the government. One was ...

There was a pprolonged standing ovation tonight at the conclusion of the last performance of Wellington Opera’s Manon. All four performances in the St James were sold out. And there was ...

August 05, 2026 Cash from North America is coming to the rescue for the Porirua Adventure Park project, on Te Rāhui o Rangituhi/Colonial Knob, with plans to open in February 2028.  Porirua ...

Interpeak services on all rail lines will be bus replaced on Wednesday 19 August due to the annual general meeting of the Rail and Maritime Transport Union.  Buses will replace trains from ...

August 05, 2026 The West Coast Regional Council has back a proposal for a single unitary authority from Karamea to Haast, even though it will abolish its own council. The move comes as the ...

August 05, 2026 Waitomo and Ōtorohanga have unanimously voted to push for a King Country Council.  The Head Start proposal would see the two district councils amalgamate into a single unitary ...