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Woman dies in central Wellington fall

Shocked Sunday morning shoppers witnessed a young woman plummeting to her death from a central Wellington office tower this morning.

Arrest over Kapiti death

A 22-year-old man has been arrested after a 20-year-old male was stabbed to death near a bar north of Wellington early this morning, the second death in the area in just over a month.

Welly Zoo: 'R.I.P Seun'

The Wellington Zoo's six-year-old male giraffe Seun died today after an operation to cure a painful hoof condition.

Elder abuse a 'hidden crime'

Failure of railway crossing regulations caused train crash

Power outage brings test to a halt

A weather-related power outage plunged the lower North Island into darkness tonight and brought the All Blacks test match to a halt.

Trade Me shares hit three-month high

Man sentenced for secretly filming in bathroom

Returned Jesus statue welcomed back to chapel