News from Capital and Coast District Health Board Resident Medical Officers who are members of the New Zealand Resident Doctors’ Association union will undertake strike action around the country from …
Doctors on strike today; but hospital emergency dept staying open Read More »
NZ Civil Defence are running a nationwide test of their Emergency Mobile Alert system between 6.00 and 7.00pm on Sunday 25 November. In an emergency, these alerts can be really …
Motorists are advised to expect possible delays in central Wellington following reports of a fire in a building. Police are in attendance on Customhouse Quay assisting Fire and Emergency NZ …
This week’s earthquake is a reminder that no one in the Wellington region can tell when are major disaster might strike. Are you prepared? The Wellington Region Emergency Management Office …
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook Wellington and many other parts of the country today at 3.13pm. Geonet report the quake, originally reported as having a 6.7 magnitude, was centered 25 …
It’s the little things that could take us down. MARK CUBEY gets bacterial. Humanity faces its most likely extinction, or at least severely depletion, by the myriad “natural” disasters caused …
The end of the world could have started this month – in the Hutt Read More »
Fire has engulfed a house in Lyall Bay, and rain and wind have caused ferry cancellations and flooding on SH1. Photo by Stevo O’Rourke Firefighters were called this morning to …
It’s always a squeeze trying to get the weekend down to five high-five events, so in a trial exercise we’re running ten tips for what you might do over a …
Your (double) high five events for the weekend of 6 and 7 October Read More »
All but one of the potentially unreinforced masonry (URM) façades of 113 Wellington buildings have now been secured. Maguire’s Building, 168-174 Cuba Street; designed by prominent Wellington architectural firm Thomas Turnbull …
You all know what to do to prevent yourself dying in a fire, right? You may have your photoelectric smoke alarms up to date (daylight saving this weekend, good time …
Police have identified fresh compost as the source of illness at a Carterton primary school last week. Emergency services were called to the school on High Street about 2.30pm on …
A high school, a private hospital and several apartment blocks are among the 49 Wellington buildings identified with combustible cladding similar to what fuelled the fatal Grenfell Tower fire in …
Nearly 50 buildings with Grenfell-like cladding identified in Wellington Read More »
A $116 million project aimed at improving water supply resilience for the metropolitan region was approved yesterday at a meeting of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. The Council approved the …
Pipeline across the harbour will provide alternative water supply Read More »
Content provided by BusinessDesk, “the only business news source you need”. A ten-day free trial is available at https://www.businessdesk.co.nz/ by Rebecca Howard Aug. 10 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand’s central bank is vacating its …
NZ central bank vacating Wellington HQ for three months due to asbestos Read More »
There will be a planned evacuation today from the Reserve Bank building on the corner of The Terrace and Bowen Street so that job of removing asbestos can begin next …
Reserve Bank building evacuated for asbestos removal Read More »
A power outage at Transpower’s Wilton substation this afternoon has caused a loss of supply to the Wellington Electricity network, mainly affecting the northern and western suburbs. Wellington Electricity report …
Firefighters were called out shortly after 6:00 this morning to battle a large blaze at the two-storey Chair Solutions premises in Gracefield, Lower Hutt. A spokesperson for Fire and Emergency …
Buildings surrounding the Macaulay Metals factory in Seaview Rd in Petone were evacuated this morning as fire and emergency services worked to extinguish a large blaze. Fire and Emergency Hutt-Wairarapa …
Petone fire causes health risks, transport changes Read More »
An 800 litre water tank is being installed at an Upper Hutt marae with the assistance of the Nikau Foundation’s new Wellington Resilience Fund. This is the first project for …
Water tank for marae first project for Wellington Resilience Fund Read More »
A special event to open the first of Wellington’s community water stations was held at at Johnsonville’s Truscott Park yesterday. The 22 stations will form the foundation of the city’s …