News from RNZ A fire in a transformer in Churton Park cut the electricity to about a thousand houses in Johnsonville, ...

Love Local – returns in June. Filling Te Rauparaha Arena for the sixth year running, Love Local is a free event where ...

“Campbell Barry weaponised the HDCA to silence comments by local ratepayers on a Facebook page called Hutt City Council – The Truth Exposed. The Free Speech Union has supported our member Chris Milne, ...

The spookily beloved duo of Officers Minogue and O’Leary are back on the beat (and back behind the mics) with Season 2 of Wellington Paranormal: The Podcast, launching this month across all major ...

This story contains content some may find disturbing. A 13-year-old girl was brought to New Zealand and enslaved, with a paediatrician saying the ...

A striking range of portraits using mediums such as video, stop-motion puppetry, ceramics with paua inlay, and oil paintings on glass have been shortlisted for the 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture ...

Renowned artist and writer Robyn Kahukiwa—of Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, Ngāti Konohi, and Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare descent—passed away yesterday, Friday 11 April, at ...

A gun-wielding man jumped into a Palmerston North hospital worker’s car and threatened her as she left work late at night. RNZ understands the woman is a nurse. Police said they were called ...

Better Wellington endorses the strong “Independent Together” candidates who are standing alongside Wellington City Councillor ...

A new PSA survey on the use of AI by public and community service workers reveals widespread use of the technology without effective guardrails, training or supports being put in place. In ...

Wellington Police were advising motorists to be aware of traffic delays on SH1 this morning after debris was found on the southbound lanes between the Paekākāriki off-ramp and the Paremata ...