Council bans smoking, vaping outside hospitality venues
The ban will come into effect next year.
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Author slams plan to halve Wellington library’s on-site collection
About 250,000 items in the library's collection will not be returning to the new building.
Bill backlog: Wellingtonians stung with three water invoices at once
One resident was shocked when a bill worth more than $850 arrived in her letterbox.
Greens and Labour clean up in Wellington mayor's committee appointments
A new super committee has also been created to tackle the city's infrastructure crisis.
Slip city: Wellington City Council issues guide after calls triple
There were more than 1140 calls about slips in a single month.
Wayne Brown channels Muldoon: 'Aucklanders who move to Wgtn lift the IQ of both cities'
'I'd love to have you in my city', mayor says to those facing losing their jobs.
Wāhine Māori mayors welcome the challenge to make a difference
Two wahine Māori mayors take control in Rotorua and Wellington.
Wellington mayoralty: How an unknown beat a Labour MP
Former Green Party chief of staff Tory Whanau has won in a landslide victory.
'Appetite for change': New mayors elected in most major centres in strong election for right-leaning candidates
Tory Whanau's mayoral win in Wellington bucked a national trend of right-leaning mayors.
Former Green Party chief of staff Tory Whanau elected as mayor of Wellington
She is the city's first Māori mayor and says Wellington has reached a new era.
My street's sewage-filled pothole reminds me of our mayoral race
The pothole was first raised as an issue in February and was fixed only last week.
Wellington Mayoral Debate: Candidate's $40,000 personal investment
Wellington Mayoral candidate tells debate she's put $40000 of own money into campaign.
Wellington mayoral candidates face-off
Tory Whanau, Andy Foster, and Paul Eagle set to be grilled at business debate tonight.
Chris Finlayson launches tirade against Auditor-General
He has likened John Ryan to a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
Your Vote 2022: NZ Herald partners with Wellington Chamber of Commerce for mayoral debate
It's one of the most high profile and hotly anticipated mayoral debates in Wellington.
Georgina Campbell: Running on a ticket - an antidote to minority mayors?
Labour and the Greens are running candidates across Wellington this year.
The case for councillors, mayors, and their kingdoms
Candidates and voters need to untangle themselves from a vicious cycle.
Tory Whanau on the Greens, cars, and election hoarding drama
The Wellington mayoral candidate says she can put her Green party politics to one side.
Alternative proposed to controversial Wellington cycleway plan
Myles Gazley said his proposal was safer for cyclists.
Wellington mayoral candidates open to amalgamation
Businesses have called for amalgamation in a pre-election report.
Wellington City Council cancels bus lane tickets
If you have already paid for a ticket, you might be getting a refund.
Beloved Frank Kitts playground won't open in time for summer
The commercial building business doing work on it went into liquidation earlier this year.
Parliament protest: Council staff to work from home, convoy to descend on capital
The protest convoy may also set up a picket in Picton.
Engineering stoush behind Auditor-General library probe
More details revealed about probe into the redevelopment of Wellington's central library.
Opinion: It's time we fronted up to Wellington's inconvenient truths
Houses built on fault lines, precarious hillsides, and next to rising seas are a problem.
Simon Woolf ditches city council in bid for regional role
He says there are less party politics at play at Greater Wellington Regional Council.
Auditor-General probes Wellington central library redevelopment
The Herald understands former National MP Chris Finlayson has raised concerns.
Landslide threatens homes in Wellington, resident heard 'big crack'
Fire crews and police are at the scene.
Spotlight on NZ's scores of earthquake-prone hospital buildings
A third of suspect hospitals so important they must be operational right after a disaster.
Case not yet made for investment in $7.4b Wellington transport plan- Treasury
Treasury also says it's too soon to determine a preferred option.
Proposal to use Three Waters fund to help council tenants pay rent
The fund has been criticised as a 'bribe' by those opposed to the reforms.
Second Wellington mayoral candidate defies council over hoardings
Tory Whanau is keeping her posters up after the council told her to remove them
Large slips block roads in and out of two Wellington suburbs
The capital is in for a soggy weekend, with MetService issuing a heavy rain watch.
Section of Transmission Gully closes for repairs, big pothole spotted
One motorist encountered a pothole that 'could have ripped the tyre clean off' his car.