Lauren Crimp

With the government limiting further social housing builds, Housing First providers are eyeing up market rentals - but the perfect properties, and owners, are hard to find.

A retired law professor says the case is unique with New Zealand having never lost a ship in such a way before.

Police say people are "playing chicken" and seeing whether they can drive without blacking out after inhaling the gas.

Wellington's Downtown Community Ministry says moving people rough sleeping out of CBD's will hinder their access to health and community resources.

The government says the orders are part of reclaiming town centres, and a retailers' group doubts they will work. Audio

The two dogs that attacked and injured three people in Brywndwr yesterday could be euthanised, a councillor says.

Raw sewage has been spewing into the South coast and further out to the Cook Strait since the plant's massive failure two weeks ago.

Te Toi Mahana, a Wellington City Council organisation, was formed so tenants could access the government's Income Related Rent Subsidy.

Confidential documents discovered in a former Wellington mayoral desk should have been destroyed, a review has found

Tiaki Wai replaces Wellington Water from 1 July, inheriting council-owned water assets including the Moa Point plant.

The deluge has left the peninsula cut off, with slips and flooding blocking State Highway 75, the main road between Christchurch and Akaroa. Audio

Officials fronted the crowd of more than 300, but many left disappointed by a lack of clear answers.

Residents are "shocked and devastated", but the council warns the order to leave "cannot be ignored".

Justice Anne Hinton sold her share of the bach to two of her four sisters - but her other sister, and niece, argued Hinton had promised to transfer her share to them.

Wellington Water's chief executive says the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant is not in good shape, with 70 percent of it flooded and 80 percent of its equipment damaged. Audio

There's been a years-long fight over the City to Sea bridge that connects Wellington's waterfront to the central city.

Police have revealed Benjamin Timmins was stabbed while three others were shot at Waitārere Beach.

Six people were killed by the slip at a Mt Maunganui campground, which led to a recovery operation spanning more than a week.

Locals are glad they can go back to supporting small businesses but the recovery effort weighs heavily. Audio

Max Furse-Kee would have turned 16 on Wednesday.

Images on TikTok show scenes of destruction with mud and wreckage not actually visible at the site - with captions like "Mount Maunganui Campground. Prayers for those possibly trapped".

The community came together, joined by the prime minister, at vigil in Mt Maunganui to mourn the landslide victims.

The heat alerts will expand to 14 towns and cities this weekend.

The camps have been running since 1979 and Hawke's Bay Cricket Association's boss says scorching heats won't stop it.

Temperatures are forecast to top 30 degrees in many places, and heat alerts have been issued for several centres.