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Holiday hell: Kiwi holidaymakers stranded as savage storms hit Canada

They wanted to take their baby son to the ocean for the first time.

Police search for mystery man found in woman's house, twice

Security camera photographs show two men in the area.

‘Total shock’: Sex workers speak out against ex-real estate agent secretly filming encounters

The man would covertly put his phone in his shoe and then hit record.

Patients to remain at Hutt Hospital despite earthquake risk

There are no options to shift services without significant impacts on care.

Tip Shop prepares for Christmas ‘madness’

Wellington Southern Landfill's Tip Shop ready to bring quality goods to all customers,

One person buys 8400 tickets to sold-out charity event they can’t even attend

Almost 34,000 tickets have been sold to tonight's 'Silent Night'.

Road diversions after fatal Wairarapa crash

The crash occurred at 8.35am

First glimpse of $445m motorway ahead of opening

The road north of Wellington will be fully open in time for Christmas.

Thunderstorm alert: Flash floods as violent weather pounds North Island

The alert stretches from Hamilton to Wellington.

Legal bid to have psychiatry declared 'quackery' thrown out

The man also asked the court to ban Parliament from making quackery lawful.

Car spiked three times, carjack attempted, driver tased in wild 100km ride

The man was finally stopped after driving about 100km.

Simeon Brown blasts Transport Minister as 'foolish' and 'naïve' for meeting with rail protesters

It follows a meeting with the Transport Minister that did not go to plan.

Some Shelly Bay land returned to iwi, construction begins

Rubble, diggers, and road cones have replaced a land occupation at the site.

Travel company may owe customers at least $2.5 million - liquidators

The failed company has left hundreds of angry customers in its wake.

Behind the screens: Inside the grand reopening of Lower Hutt’s quake-damaged cinema complex

The cinema complex is slated to open tomorrow.

A Capital Letter: The Wellington electorates that could flip

Two of National’s most senior MPs are eyeing seats in the capital.

Watch: Machete-wielding man flees from dairy fog cannon

He helped himself to a packet of chippies on his way out.

Some Wellington train services axed on top of 200 buses

Metlink says many staff are unavailable due to sickness and leave.