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‘Financial crisis’: Wellington City Council told to drastically cut capital spending

Hundreds of millions of dollars may need to be cut in the coming years.

Newly patched mobster carried out violent revenge attack on rival gang

Teenager was robbed by members of the Crips in a drug deal gone wrong.

Workers sent home, tankers sent out due to water outage in central Wellington

Large parts of the CBD are without water after a pipe burst.

Phone scammer reportedly posing as police officer

Police and other government agencies will never call and ask for credit card details.

Greens co-leader: Beer, pool and how the 'geeks' will take over the Earth

Watch James Shaw take to the pool table for the first time in 12 years.

Man resorts to digging trench in three-month wait for leak to be fixed

Wellington is running out of water and faces severe restrictions this summer.

Dire Strait: Decision delayed on mega ferry terminal cost blow-out

Ministers won't say whether the issue will be resolved before the upcoming election.

Wellington man digs trench to stop damage from water leak

A Wellington man resorted to digging a trench to stop a water leak from damaging his property during a three-month wait for it to be fixed by Wellington Water. Video / Supplied

'I'm not done yet': The reasons behind Julian Savea's shift to Moana Pasifika

And he's teased a position shift from the wing.

Meet the leaders: Minigolf with Act’s David Seymour

He could be the next Deputy PM, but his golfing skills may need some fine-tuning.

‘Give it everything’: Napier City Rovers out to impress in football’s National League

Sole provincial-based club in football's National League out to impress.

Climate change protesters imprison themselves

The protesters have 'jailed' themselves in support of their colleagues in custody.

Drunk teen who was asked to leave hospital punched security guard, knocking out teeth and dental plate

The security guard needed costly reconstruction surgery afterwards.

Realtor harassed tenant and threatened to sue

Tanya Lieven was both the landlord and the realtor attempting to sell the property.

National hits the 40s, Labour plunges in latest poll

While Hipkins got his teeth checked today, Luxon was tucking into a mince pie.

Kiwi couple sat next to farting dog on 13 hour flight seek refund

As the flight was fully booked, they could only be offered alternate seats in economy.

Police investigating suspicious firearms list

The handwritten list contains the contact details for 20 people.

Climber ‘exceptionally lucky’ to be alive after 600m fall on Mt Taranaki

Police say the melting snow softened his fall.