Latest from Wellington Region

Welcome to level 2: Shoppers take to malls, carparks filling up

We are officially in alert level two, New Zealand!

Police identify body found in Evans Bay inlet, Wellington

Divers at the site of the recovery have today found a number of items.

Wellington mayor refuses to disclose pay cut details

Andy Foster says a request for which charities he's donating to is 'too intrusive'.

'They can have 100 people at a bloody restaurant but not a funeral?' - widow

The family of Dave Pīhama have been waiting for eight weeks to give him a funeral.

Free parking is over: Wellingtonians slapped with 800 fines

Some motorists in the CBD have been caught out twice in one day.

Bill for Wellington's water woes skyrockets

Repair projects are costing tens of millions of dollars, and there's more to come.

Wellington Zoo to reopen for free in level 2

It's free entry at the zoo until the end of next month.

Body discovered in the water at Evans Bay in Wellington

Police are working to establish the circumstances surrounding the death.

Thieves use lockdown to raid primary school garden

One person thought it was a community garden, so tried to dig up a feijoa tree.

$2.5 million meth bust: Second chance for offender

The judges said Uriah Wirihana had showed rehabilitation since his sentencing.

Surf's up: 150-plus surfers converge at beach

Local said he had never seen so many surfers there but beachgoers were being "sensible".

How this wedding venue will handle level 2

This venue has lost $600,000 in bookings over the next few months.

Drugged driver with tragic past 'should have known better'

Woman who killed cyclist out on his regular Sunday training ride sent to prison.

You were right: Traffic halves in city centres

Traffic level plummeted in the first week of level 3.

Move to make Wellington's most confusing intersection safer

Motorists navigate Cuba St crossroads with wild hand gestures and awkward side glances.

Out-of-work NZ flight attendants turn to strip clubs

Calendar Girls offers incentives to dancers who perform in old flight attendant uniforms

Locked out: Wellington City Council media flip-flop

ANALYSIS: Those making decisions with other people's money should welcome transparency.

'I felt like I was killing him': Dying dad left alone for 10 days

"It was absolutely disgusting my dad was left alone in hospital," daughter says.