Wellington's mayor lauds a move to proceed with Transmission Gully but her Kapiti counterpart admits to being "extremely disappointed".

The long-awaited Transmission Gully route has been approved as part of a $2.2 billion upgrade of State Highway 1 from Wellington to Levin.

An 11-year-old boy was trapped in a crashed car with his dead grandfather for 20 minutes yesterday.

Altitude and adventure mingle on this helihike.

A teenager whose night of drinking ended with the death of his best friend in a road crash has been jailed for five years.

A man had to choose between rescuing his wife or teenage son when their car plunged into a river at the weekend.

It is too early to say whether a fire that killed a woman and a child overnight is suspicious, police say.

A major elderly care operator has accused health authorities of a "witch hunt" over the closure of a rest home.

An inspection team finds a 103-year-old woman tied to her bed with a sheet, during an audit of a Palmerston North rest home.