I recently attended a weekend event at Wellington’s treasured Botanic Garden, where concerns about reduced parking were a key discussion point because of the installation of a new cycleway on ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and ...

A new documentary on the Haka Party Incident tells the story of the 'three-minute war' through the eyes of the people who fought it. Photo: Vendetta Films It is billed as ‘New Zealand’s last war’. It ...

Stats NZ reported today that the 127,800 departures from New Zealand in the November 2024 year are, provisionally, the highest on record for an annual period. Press Release: Stats NZ International ...

In late August, the South Korean diplomat was given a suspended jail sentence after he was convicted of sexually assaulting a New Zealand staffer at a Wellington embassy. In 2018, a landlord was ...

A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia.

Retail New Zealand chief executive Carolyn Young said the loss of the event would be hugely disappointing to businesses in the capital. "We know that Wellington City has been really struggling with ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The SailGP fleet on race Day 2 of the New Zealand leg of the SailGP series in Auckland, New Zealand, Sunday ...

Wellington NZ Events and Experiences general manager Heidi Morton paid tribute to the festival as a “summer staple” for Kiwi music fans. “We are very proud to have supported the event as it ...

Lambton Quay in about 1860. This land was raised 1.2-1.5m s in the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake and the tsunami swept into these shops. Photo courtesy of the Alexander ...

Takapuna senior station officer Quin Webster told the NZ Herald most of the buildings on the site were derelict, and it was believed squatters had been staying there. Nearly a dozen fire trucks also ...

Atura Wellington, the former Thorndon Hotel by Rydges, has unveiled its newly refurbished rooms in the New Zealand hotel. The rooms were completed following a full refurbishment of all public ...