Those were the words of Wellington mayor Tory Whanau right after attending the Newtown Festival for the first time ever. “I’m not disappointed,” she said. “I know – shameful,” Whanau ...

The block of flats on Mansfield St, Newtown where the body was found last week. Photo / NZ Herald. A sudden death in the Wellington suburb of Newtown last week is not suspicious, police say.

Wellington's Newtown Festival will not go ahead next year because the organisers say it's logistically impossible to check vaccine certificates in a public street with multiple access points.

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A dispute over a controversial cycleway in Wellington, part of a new radical 166km network, has been settled outside of court. Earlier this year the High C ...

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Police are making enquiries to locate a person who fled the scene of a crash in Wellington this afternoon. Scoop has an Ethical ... Incident in Newtown, Wellington Sunday, 22 September 2019, 3:53 pm ...

Wellington Police arrest man in connection with Allison McPhee. Police have arrested and charged a 52 year-old man for the murder of Allison McPhee, who was found dead in her flat in Newtown last ...

Wellington's Newtown Festival will not go ahead next year because the organisers say it's logistically impossible to check vaccine certificates in a public street with multiple access points.