Latest from Wellington

'Deeply concerning': NZ's cruise industry sounds alarm as ship visits drop 40%

Despite an initial rebound post-Covid, cruise bookings have dropped sharply this season.

The Doctors Bayfair opens new 'purpose-built' medical practice

The new space allows staff to better support the needs of the 'rapidly growing' community.

'Grossest depravity': Man jailed for helping run child sex abuse website

Family bewildered 'gentle and loyal man' could be involved in harming children.

Listen: Peters says he won't feel bad if railway heckler is sacked

Tonkin + Taylor has apologised to the Deputy PM about the incident.

'Another instrument of tracking': Critics slam ANPR bill

ANPR cameras would charge fees for using busy roads during peak times.

How a Kiwi mother and daughter are transforming hygiene with wool

Woolchemy won the Idea Raw Material Achievement Award for neweFibre.

Family want answers from men who left a hitchhiker to die alone, trapped in crashed car

Police never charged anyone after Hemi Rapaea's death on SH2, south of Hastings, in 2016.

From Ikea to Kmart: The biggest building projects taking shape in Auckland

Huge new retail outlets opening this year and next are set to change Auckland's shops.

Widespread internet outages reported across New Zealand

Customers across the country began reporting problems about 7.30pm.

On The Up: AI disruptors – meet the Kiwis using new tech to boost their businesses and lead the way

We sound out some New Zealanders who have taken AI by the scruff of the neck.

Who's who in New Zealand’s most powerful think tanks?

One think-tank tends to get mentioned in Parliament more often than the others.

'Feared for her life': Man tried to strangle ex before setting her clothes on fire

A man hit his ex-girlfriend on the head and when she fled upstairs, he burned her clothes.

Fatally injured man lived long enough to tell police he was 'jumped'

Two people are on trial for Javon Aranui's murder in Hastings in 2023.

76-year-old completes Hawke’s Bay Marathon, nears 200th race milestone

'Crossing the line is the ultimate achievement - finishing is winning.'

National opposes Napier's boundary change in East Coast submission

Submissions suggest shifting East Coast boundary to align with Gisborne District Council.

Ex-top cop's 'super injunction' lifts but media can't report details of allegations

Former deputy police commissioner fighting to stop publication of new allegations.

$450m crypto theft: Assets seized in FBI-led raid on Wellington-based man

Assets include cash, cryptocurrency and high-value goods.

Interislander’s Aratere ferry to make final voyage in August

The ferry's retirement will leave KiwiRail with two ships servicing Cook Strait.