Topic: Wellington (New Zealand)

New Zealanders Want More Action Against “P”

Scoop, New Zealand - 6 hours ago
New research into the impacts and awareness of methamphetamine or "P" use in New Zealand shows that Kiwis want more steps taken to combat the...

Call for quake strengthening to be fast-tracked

TVNZ.co.nz - 13 hours ago
A major quake in Wellington in the next 20 years would result in extensive damage with the capital still undergoing earthquake strengthening, an...

Nude cyclist 'not offensive'

News 24, South Africa - 15 hours ago
A New Zealand High Court judge on Tuesday quashed the conviction of a 40-year-old man for riding a bicycle naked on a public road, ruling that his...

Wellington hold on to pip Otago

Waikato Times, New Zealand - 18 hours ago
Frances Solia's return to the yellow and black dress sparked Wellington's tense victory over Otago in the opening round of the national ...

Ambulance blown over as gales hit NZ

The Mercury, Australia - yesterday
AN ambulance attending the scene of a crash in which a van had been blown on to its side was, in turn, blown over in the gale.. . . Attending to an ...

Tikoirotuma makes mark

Manawatu Standard, New Zealand - yesterday
In the space of one intercept try two minutes into injury time, replacement Manawatu back Asaeli Tikoirotuma has gone from obscurity on the...

Three-way lead in Australia's A-League

AFP Asian Edition - 22 days ago
Robbie Fowler's Perth Glory celebrated their first win in Melbourne to be one of three teams leading Australia's A-League after two rounds this weekend.Glory upset Melbourne Victory 2-0 on Saturday to wreck the A-League grand finalists' first match at ...

Vienna has world's best quality of life: survey

AFP Global Edition - 103 days ago
Vienna has the world's best quality of life and Baghdad the worst, with wildly popular but less organized cities like New York and London falling between, according to a survey Wednesday.Mercer consultants' city rankings for 2010 lists Vienna, Zurich, Gen

Suspicious package forces NZ parliament evacuation

AFP Asian Edition - 113 days ago
Part of New Zealand's parliament was evacuated for more than two hours on Monday after a fake bomb was delivered to the office of a government minister.The parcel was discovered around 8:00 am (2000 GMT Sunday) in the office ...

New Zealand war memorial services marred by military crash

AFP Asian Edition - 135 days ago
Commemorations honouring New Zealand and Australia's war dead were marred Sunday when a military helicopter heading to memorial services in Wellington crashed, killing three people.The Defence Force said the helicopter was part of a formation heading to W