Frances Chin

A month after her father died of pancreatic cancer, Grace DuVal returned to her unfinished wearable art piece, determined to finish her work.

Wellingtonians can get one step closer to imagining life on Mars, with a replica of the Nasa Opportunity rover on display at Te Papa for two weeks.

About 500 barbershop singers brought their harmonies to Wellington over the weekend, the numbers showing theirs is no fringe pastime.

Wellington had one of its biggest weekends of the year as thousands of visitors headed to the capital for various events.

Join the conversation in the comments below. A direct flight between the capital and the bottom of the South Island has been cut by Air New Zealand, citing a drop in local travellers.

Lamborghini owner Darren Fergus was driving a customer down the State Highway 1 Johnsonville off ramp, when he heard a loud “bang”.

“We're cleaners, we're teachers, we're doctors, you know, we're trainers.”

In the case of an emergency, New Zealand Response Teams (NZ-RTs) are the country's first line of defence.

The chance to buy a never-worn high end dress or a cheap T-shirt or to support the charity making the the second-hand offerings is keeping the customers browsing the aisles in Wellington's opshops.

A church-going 82-year-old man who narrowly escaped a suspicious house fire say he is suffering from smoke inhalation and his family fear may die.