Wellington Politics News

Figures also show wide regional variations with women in Northland, for example, having abortions much later than those in Wellington,” Dame Margaret said. “This is not acceptable.” One reason, she suggested, was the poor uptake of medical abortion using the...

Finance Minister Bill English broke the law, Labour alleged in Parliament today. Prime Minister John Key confirmed this morning that rules requiring ministers to keep their self-drive cars in their electorates were changed in May this year. The change removed...

IT was like a scene from a gory horror movie. Animal heads, carcasses and miscellaneous guts spilled onto a busy New Zealand road this morning, sending vehicles sliding and crashing across fat-covered bitumen. A massive leak from a truck has...

Christmas play put on by the country's child protection agency. New Zealand's Child, Youth and Family service is batting off criticism after arranging a theatre performance that gave 130 Wellington foster children more than just a little Christmas cheer.

The North Shore woman, who has not been named, was waiting at Auckland Airport at the weekend for a flight to Wellington to go to a wedding, when she decided to buy a lottery ticket at the Whitcoulls there as...

Moths not coming out of wallets yet 04/12/2009 11:40:02 Eftpos processor Paymark says spending trend indicates repeat of traditional 50% surge in week leading up to Christmas > Read More A restriction on lighting fires anywhere in 'very dry' Southland...

Police in Wellington have found a BMW coupe after it was stolen from an address in Newlands this evening. They say the woman owner was seriously assaulted before her car was taken. Tonight the white 2008 BMW coupe was seen...