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Te reo Maori has been celebrated in Wellington, marking the 50th anniversary of a turning point for New Zealand's indigenous language.

Whoever leads the city's 16-seat council after the October election may well set the direction of Wellington's development for decades to come.

A Wellington poet on the front lines of living

Despite an apparent indifference to the new king, New Zealand also seems to have no real appetite to sever ties with the crown

Mittens the cat may be cute, but Aotearoa has many animals far more worthy of immortalising in bronze.

Philip Matthews on a reissued stoner classic

Wellington hooker Asafo Aumua can count himself a little lucky not to have received a sterner saction

After finding fame with comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, the New Zealander is leaving the laughs behind on his debut solo album ‘Songs Without Jokes’. He talks to Kevin E G Perry about winning an Oscar with The Muppets, pissing off Morrissey with The Simpsons, and Taika Waititi’s detachable…

WELLINGTON: The New Zealand government said on Wednesday it plans to introduce regulations that would force the wholesale arms of supermarkets to give small retailers fair access to their products.

What the incoherent events in Wellington show is that the conspiracists, while dangerous, are already losing

About 2,000 anti-government demonstrators gathered outside New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday to vent their frustration on a range of issues nearly six months after protesters were forcibly removed from the grounds of the legislature.