All Wellington City Council public facilities (including libraries, parks, cemeteries, community centres, Akau Tāngi sports centre and swimming pools) are closed this evening and tomorrow, ...

Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have been busy responding to weather related callouts across Wellington today. Since 3am, Fire and Emergency has received around 200 calls relating to the ...

Greater Wellington is strongly advising people to stay away from all regional parks for the next 36 hours, due to the regional state of emergency and weather warnings currently in place. The ...

At 2pm MetService escalated the severe weather warnings in Wellington and Wairarapa to Red Warnings for heavy rain, in consultation with local Regional Councils. All MetService warnings have the ...

If you’ve been impacted by flooding and are concerned about your finances, please call us.” That’s the message for customers from BNZ’s Executive – Personal and Business Banking, ...

A search and rescue operation has been launched in Karori this morning, after a man was reported as unaccounted for following the severe weather. Emergency services were contacted about 7.15am by ...

Metlink is advising people using rail and bus services to act early, head home, or stay home, as severe weather continues to affect the Wellington Region. Wairarapa Line customers are strongly ...

New Zealand’s furniture retailing industry reached $1.5 billion in market size in 2026 across 730 businesses, according to IBISWorld, with the sector growing at a CAGR of 2.6 percent over ...

Cook Strait ferry services have been cancelled for today as a southerly front is expected to bring strong winds and large swells until Wednesday. Bluebridge has cancelled two sailings today with ...

Following the severe rainfall overnight and MetService forecasting strong wind and heavy rain for the Wellington region this afternoon, here’s what you need to know. There has been flooding ...

Banks are friendly, helpful places that keep our money safe and advise us about managing that money wisely, including borrowing more. Yes? Sixty years go I accompanied my father to his venerable ...

News from GWRC The Greater Wellington Regional Council and the South Wairarapa District Council are deeply saddened by the ...