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Grovedale Square, Wainuiomata is for many the quiet, affordable, and modern suburban dream. But it was towards a house here, early on Sunday morning, that shots were fired while up to eight children were inside.

Tom Hunt Summer, for many intents and purposes, has missed Wellington but the city's public transport provider has supplied a reminder it is here – with a reduced “summer” timetable on the day many are returning to work.

Police are yet to find a person wanted after a Lower Hutt house, with up to eight children inside, was shot at early on Sunday morning.

Long after the dust has settled on the Wellington City Council's “cost neutral” but failed Reading deal, one of its architects says it would have been a $7 million council contribution to the global cinema chain.

The new owner of the Reading mega-block in downtown Wellington insists he is “fully committed” to its redevelopment, despite concerns about his company's other seemingly slow-moving projects.

Nutritious and easy to eat on the go, these bars are not only great for kicking off a healthy new year, but will also help use up leftovers

A meteorological oddity has weather boffins thrilled but school holiday travellers put out as more Cook Strait ferries are cancelled.

Tom Hunt A Bluebridge ferry that ventured into a rough Cook Strait on Sunday afternoon took hours longer after an unplanned shutdown – which one passenger said was more like a 30-minute engine outage.

A planned extension of the “outside the wire” Rimutaka Prison unit is under fire after a known serial sex offender was arrested for allegedly grabbing women in the streets around Upper Hutt.

The Civil Aviation Authority has given Air New Zealand an extension to complete its investigation into why one of its planes landed in Wellington with flames shooting out an engine.