Latest from Wellington

Warriors' NRL home final to clash with All Blacks

It's understood the Warriors made a plea to the NRL to avoid a scheduling clash.

Rescue choppers sent to rubbish dumps after old locator beacons activate

Personal locater beacons that aren't disposed of properly have gone off in landfills.

Wellington tunnel plans 'shrouded in secrecy' as consultant costs hit $7m

Mt Victoria residents say they've heard 'nothing' of plans, as consultant spending rises.

'Potentially lethal': Police recruits taught unapproved arrest tactic for three years

Police bosses only became aware after the technique was used on parliamentary protesters.

Louise Duffy: How a broken system denied my mum a peaceful death

OPINION: Louise Duffy's mum was given medical interventions that she had clearly refused.

Social housing tenant's pleas to landlord to fix damp, leaky home ignored

But the landlord who leased the property was considered the 'meat in the sandwich'.

All Blacks face key changes ahead of rematch with Springboks

At least two injury-enforced changes will have to be made for the rematch in Wellington.

Cars impounded in Hutt Valley boy racer crackdown

Police received a call about roughly 100 cars gathering in the Hutt Valley.

Nomads, Mongrel Mob gangs locked in dangerous feud in two North Island regions

Police describe events as 'dangerous gang activity' and have offered to mediate.