Latest from Wellington Region

Murder suspect to face psychiatric reports

Arrest for murder of disabled woman

Debate: Should the MMP 5 per cent party vote threshold be reduced?

In our second debate on the Electoral Commission's recommendations for MMP, Graeme Edgeler and Muriel Newman put the arguments for and against reducing the threshold. Join the debate and leave your comments at the end.

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.