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‘Total basket case’: Emergency meeting to be held on damning Wellington Water reports
Wellington Water chairman Nick Leggett's future is expected to be discussed tomorrow.
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'Significant life safety risk': Staff backlash over use of quake-prone Police College buildings
Worried staff say their lives are being gambled with for the sake of 'productivity'.
Emergency services contained a large scrub fire north of Wellington
The blaze was 480sq m at 2.30pm, Fire and Emergency said.
'Snitches get stitches': Family want answers after child sex offender's 'unexplained' prison death
The family say they found unusual marks on the inmate's body.
'Character from a horror movie': Man's horrific assault injuries described in court
The victims were enjoying Christmas drinks with workmates before the unprovoked attack.
Police launch homicide investigation after Porirua man dies in hospital
Titahi Bay resident Sean Remnant was found at a property with critical injuries.
Police release name of man who died after being found injured in Porirua
Police are treating the death as suspicious.
Coroner visits spot woman's skeleton lay for 36 years, rules on death
Coroner Mark Wilton can understand why the family still had questions.
Man critically injured after ‘serious incident’ in Porirua
Police say the event was an 'isolated incident involving people known to each other'.
Revealed: The NZ town with the most business break-ins
The data show Rotorua has the highest proportion of burglaries in New Zealand.
Police release new photo of missing man, residents asked to search properties
The 77-year-old was reported missing after going for a walk near Porirua.
Search continues for missing man last seen on walking track three days ago
Police said they were following up on a number of sightings.
Porirua police ask locals to check yards for missing 77-year-old man
Graham Russell Smith has been missing since early Sunday evening.
Mongrel Mob member ‘Fats’ Moke remembered as 'lovable guy' with 'colourful history'
His funeral took place in Lower Hutt followed by a procession to a Porirua cemetery.
Man shot, left with serious injuries after trying to stop two car thieves
Police were called to Dimock St in Tītahi Bay at 10.20pm yesterday.
‘Unlawful activity will not be tolerated’: Police brace for gang funeral procession from Lower Hutt to Porirua
Police said any unlawful activity will not be tolerated.
Will Wellington run out of water this summer? Money to fix leaks forecast to dry up
Restrictions have already begun and water pressure has been reduced in some suburbs.
One dead in early morning house fire in Porirua
Emergency crews responded to the fire at 2.30am.
People evacuated overnight after blaze in Titahi Bay
A firefighter was injured while battling the blaze.
Gang brawl in Porirua leaves one person in hospital with serious injuries
Police were called to the fight around 1pm today.
'Not as it seems': Police warn 'vigilantes' after kidnapping claim spreads online
An innocent man was accosted by a member of the public as rumours spread online.
‘Slippery slope to mediocrity’: Mayors hit back after PM demands focus on basics
Luxon has called for councils to 'rein in the fantasies' and manage spending.
Interactive: House prices in Wellington school zones
See how much it costs to rent or buy a house across all the school zones in the city.
Minister accepts health system in crisis amid rural hospital staff shortages
Two small hospitals are reportedly using teleheath to service overnight patients.
'Mum is at peace': Woman whose remains lay undiscovered for 36 years finally buried
Patricia Burt laid to rest alongside her husband decades after disappearing.
'Heaps of cops': Armed police swarm Porirua suburbs, roads blocked, men arrested
Police, including Armed Offenders Squad members, converged on Plimmerton this afternoon.
AOS called in, road spikes used, and car taken during 'incredibly dangerous' police chase
Residents reported being overtaken by the vehicle and were 'lucky to avoid a head-on'.
Rising seas leave 4000 Wellington buildings at risk as '100-year floods' may be annual
Petone will feel the greatest impact, with a stormwater system already under pressure.
Missing Porirua man located safe and well after earlier fears
Alarm had been raised after man was last seen cycling on a yellow pushbike.
Magnitude 4.1 earthquake near Wellington felt across central NZ
More than 16,000 people reported feeling the earthquake 10 minutes later.