The Latest Breaking News from Wellington

From winning a single-party majority in 2020, Labour’s vote has virtually halved in 2023. Pre-election polls appear to have under-estimated support for National, which on the provisional results can form a government with ACT and won’t need NZ First, despite those same polls pointing to a three-way split.

The Green Party's co-leaders both spent time in Wellington in the final days of the campaign, seeking to boost two electorate candidates in key seats, reports Marc Daalder

The one about the house where a Prime Minister supposedly locked his deranged son in the basement.

New Zealand's Freedoms and Rights Coalition, a far-right anti-authoritarian group, has held a rally in Wellington.

Halfway through the campaign period and with Labour still falling in the polls, Chris Hipkins has debuted a new and more aggressive approach at a rally in Wellington.

In a manifesto sent to all major political parties, Wayne Brown said the ‘engine room of New Zealand’ should plan itself

It’s one of the largest electorates in the country physically, stretching from East Cape to Wellington. It was virtually a lock for Labour until their candidate jumped to Te Pāti Māori. Now two strong candidates are vying for the seat of Te Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.

The most recent protest by the Restore Passenger Rail climate protest group, in which a Wellington car dealership was defaced with red paint, is not just the latest in a local movement – it’s part of a global trend.

A Wellington double code star switches to cricket for Hawkes Bay and is relishing the lifestyle and training opportunities, writes Aiden McLaughlin