Latest from Paraparaumu

The family of a much loved dog is devastated after it escaped from a high security dog pound and was found dead three days later near the Paraparaumu railway tracks.

Three cars have crashed near a rail bridge north of Wellington - causing a backlog of traffic along SH1.

Visa complications mean a couple who have just built a stunning tiny house on wheels in Paraparaumu have to sell up and leave the

It was such a relief when I saw the paramedic running down the track.Alice Bradley, Paraparaumu. When Alice Bradley lay bleeding

Firefighters in the wider Wellington area were kept busy today with two car accidents.

The Armed Offenders Squad were called to the Kapiti Coast last night after multiple calls from the public about gun fire was coming from a house.

A man in a wheelchair was killed when he was struck by a freight train on the Kapiti Coast this morning.

Bush lovers, art enthusiasts and beach babes alike will be taken with the Kapiti locale.

A house fire has destroyed a property in Wellington over night.

A "clear combination of events" led to an air tragedy in which three people died, a coroner says.

A 17-year-old died after a brutal assault near an area that had developed into a "serious alcohol fuelled violent zone'', an inquest into his death has found.

A former Civil Aviation Authority investigator accused of faking an email presented to a coroner's inquest has been found not guilty.

A young mother who died in an house fire had disconnected one of her smoke alarms earlier in the evening because it kept beeping, according to a coroner's finding.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested after a 20-year-old male was stabbed to death near a bar north of Wellington early this morning, the second death in the area in just over a month.