The move means 230 council staff will have their pay bumped up after July 1.

Sema Taanoa hasn't needed to turn on the heater since moving into an upgraded house.

Jazmine Kupenga thought she was going nowhere until she joined a training programme.

Wellington has been named the most creative city in New Zealand.

It has been Laban's life's work to advocate for Pacific people, particularly women.

The pair argue they wouldn't have followed through with the deal, and it was only fantasy.

"Our kids are choosing technology over play. Parents support that because it's safer."

Members of the Wellington public aided police in tracking down the three teenagers.

Council wants to make new housing development more attractive and affordable.

Euthanasia advocate Susan Austen was sentenced this morning in Wellington.

What happens to the recyclable plastic China will no longer take?

A popular riverside market that pulls in 10,000 people each week will continue.

Market visitors often spill over to nearby businesses' carparks, and use customer toilets.

The 20-tonne sculpture is being installed on a Lower Hutt roundabout.

The three bedroom house was lifted over the prison fence by a crane this morning.

Concrete blocks have been protecting the Ansells' yard since Boxing Day.

Jonathan Antipas was "crushed" by his imprisonment, his family says.

Karla Cardno's stepbrother urges Minister to let his father stay in New Zealand.

Local mayors disagree with a report saying Hutt City has gained no benefits from the fund.

Maria Singh, 22, was helping push-start a car when she became trapped underneath.

The grandsons of the house's former owners want the property to be given to them.

Police searching for a missing 10-year-old boy in Wellington area.

Anthony Perry is accused of driving away a courier van with 95 packages inside.

Police were called to the scene on Eastern Hutt Rd just after 2pm.

Manus Joseph Cannon has pleaded guilty to injuring four people and killing one.

The police checkpoint was in breach of the Bill of Rights Act, a law professor says.

Police were acting unlawfully in using the checkpoint to target euthanasia campaigners.

Man charged with murder in strangulation death case has been granted bail.

Only two polytechnics report significantly more students this year despite free fees.

Polytech and vocational training leaders meet in Manukau tomorrow to map a survival plan.