The New Zealand Initiative welcomes the Government’s announcement to replace NCEA with a more rigorous qualification system, marking a crucial turning ...

Wellington City Council received 70 nominations by the 12 noon Friday 1 August deadline, with all candidates officially publicly notified today. Of the nominations there are 12 Mayoral ...

From Te Papa to the cable cars to the wind, there are a lot of things that make Wellington a unique city. But two things make it similar to just about every other place: Wellington faces ...

The time has come for Lower Hutt to take the next step in becoming a top destination for events, and the Council’s new Events Strategy will help make that happen. The new Events Strategy ...

A prominent New Zealander is to reappear in court in Wellington today. UPDATE: Name suppression lapses, charges revealed After being made aware of the man’s arrest, RNZ approached the ...

Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming is facing eight charges of possessing objectionable publications including child sexual exploitation and bestiality material over a four-year ...

A man has been arrested after another man was shot and critically injured in Stokes Valley this morning. The victim is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.

There’s been a bit of commentary about five councillors being elected unopposed in Lower Hutt this year. And while I agree that having contested elections is healthy for democracy — it’s ...

There are thirty nominations for fourteen seats on the Greater Wellington Regional Council. The nominations are: Wellington Central (five councillors) Cr Daran Ponter (Labour), Tom Kay, Tom James ...

Today the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Aotearoa celebrated the Groundbreaking for the Wellington New ...

More than 50 candidates are running for a seat on Wairarapa’s three councils. Nominations closed at noon today, and as the fervour of election season ramps up, eyes will be on the three races ...

I’ve thrown my hat in the ring for another term on the Wellington City Council, representing the Motukairangi/Eastern Ward as an independent councillor. I was a councillor in the 2016-19 ...