Kennedy Good and Melling bridges will close at 8pm tonight, as the Hutt River continues to rise. These bridges will not reopen until they have been assessed by engineers tomorrow morning. Ewan ...

Unconventional materials and fresh perspectives define this year’s Adam Portraiture Award, with painted nails, woven tape measures and corrugated aluminium among the surfaces used in works ...

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, ...

Horowhenua District Council is closely monitoring a complex weather system expected to bring periods of heavy rain and potential impacts across the district from this evening. MetService has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A state of emergency has been declared for the Wellington region to support the response to ongoing severe weather, flooding and infrastructure impacts. The declaration was made by Wellington ...

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 ...

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 ...