The Latest Breaking News from Wellington

Phoenix park ALM premiership dreams in trip to Jets

Wellington have a great chance to keep racking up A-League Men's points with Newcastle Jets and Brisbane Roar next up, but they are being cautious.

AAP · Jan 26, 2024

Oscars 2024: Meet Elliott Grover, the London chef who cooked for the stars

The Cut chef was convinced he'd cook at the Oscars only once. But, he tells David Ellis, he was swayed to go back — after all, he missed the after-party last time

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024

Wellington taken aback by new ALM ranking system

Wellington boss Giancarlo Italiano says ALM teams should play off to finish top, rather than be separated by total wins under the competition's new regulations.

AAP · Jan 3, 2024

Phoenix stretch ALM lead with late win over Wanderers

Kosta Barbarouses and Ben Old have struck dramatic added-time goals to lift Wellington to a 2-0 A-League Men victory over the Western Sydney Wanderers.

AAP · Dec 23, 2023

City go top of ALW with derby win, Phoenix beat Jets

Melbourne City are top of the A-League Women after beating Melbourne Victory, while Wellington defeated Newcastle and Central Coast made light work of Canberra.

AAP · Dec 23, 2023

Phoenix suffer blow as Zawada ruled out for a month

Wellington striker Oskar Zawada has had fluid drained from his thigh after injuring himself in the 3-0 loss to Newcastle on December 9.

AAP · Dec 22, 2023

Attack on treaty exhibit at NZ national museum

An exhibit explaining New Zealand's nationhood was vandalised at Wellington museum Te Papa, as tension around the new government grows.

AAP · Dec 11, 2023

Milivojevic delivers Canberra's first win, Vine scores

Vesna Milivojevic has led Canberra United to a 5-1 A-League Women win over Brisbane, while Cortnee Vine scored the winner for Sydney FC against Newcastle.

AAP · Dec 10, 2023

Wellington Welcomes First Wild-born Kiwi Chicks In A Century

Conservationists in New Zealand celebrated on Tuesday after discovering that kiwi chicks had been born in the wilds around Wellington for the first time in more than a century.

International Business Times · Dec 5, 2023

‘Very sweet milestone’: wild-born kiwi chicks are Wellington’s first in a century

New Zealand’s national icon is also one of its most vulnerable birds and conservationists believe it was absent from capital for generations

The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023