Seahorses are welcome features of Wellington Harbour's seaweed line. Shopping trolleys are not.

What lurks beneath gallery video

3:58 PM  Wellington Harbour holds many treasures, and a whole lot of junk too.

Almost out of water gallery

Contractor Justin Glover inspects the damage.

5:07 PM  Wellington came dangerously close to running dry after the city's main water supply pipe sprang a leak.

Severe weather hits capital

5:23 PM  140kmh winds cancel flights and cause part of the CBD to close due to unstable glass.

Fire threatens Hawke's Bay home video

WATCH: Man uses garden hose to fight scrub fire on doorstep of Havelock North home.

Partners in life and in fashion gallery

4:33 PM  Island Bay couple take out the top prize for fashion on Wellington Cup day.

Love trumps hate video

Ex-pats show their colours as hundreds protest Trump's inauguration in Wellington.

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News

A ride inclined to be interesting

Overseas visitors David Duncan and Rebecca Colvin, from America and England respectively, at the start of their Rimutaka ...

5:12 PM  The Rimutaka Inclune is easy going in the saddle and, with its history, something different.

Truck rolls north of Napier

4:37 PM  Napier-Taupo road all clear again after truck crash held up traffic.

Do Summer in Dowse Square

Us Two: Barnaby Weir, Lee Prebble

business

Consumer tests kitchen benchtops

When renovating the kitchen, it's important to factor in how resistent to damage your choice of benchtop is.

Granit is costly, but it was also the top performer in Consumer's kitchen benchtop testing.

Chinese NY's $165m NZ injection video

Chinese tourists enjoy the Hanmer Springs hot pools.

Businesses cock-a-hoop for Year of the Rooster as up to 33,000 Chinese prepare to descend on NZ shores.

Capital Menzshed facing extinction

City Menzshed has operated out of the former Chinese Mission building on Frederick St for the past four years but the ...

But as Wellington branch closes, another in Porirua is about to be built.

Petone rest home sale looms

Britannia House resident Bruce Gibbs, 87, had to find a new home when Britannia House closed in December. His ...

Community efforts to reopen Britannia House look likely to fail.

Million-dollar manor on market gallery

Beechdale, in Pinehaven, Upper Hutt, is on the market for the first time in 15 years.

Elegant Upper Hutt home was built for a pair of pioneering plastic surgeons.

Comment

The Trump era begins

Donald Trump lost the popular vote, but won in the US electoral college.

OPINION: Democracy means leaders you might not like, at least some of the time.

Love is not in the air

Air New Zealand has the habit of changing its livery to cash in on whatever's trending, whether it's the Rugby World Cup ...

Air NZ has cultivated a successful public image, but some have a less positive view, writes Karl du Fresne.

Diesel move in NZ's best interests

A KiwiRail diesel locomotive.

Opinion: Environmental implications were top of mind for KiwiRail when considering whether to use more diesel locomotives on the North Island main trunk line.

Editorial: Welcome noises on trade

Prime Minister Bill English, right, meets with his British counterpart, Theresa May. May has pledged to work on a "bold" ...

OPINION: Out of an international environment of deepening nationalism and insularity, New Zealand might win greater links to some of its biggest trading partners.

IPhones to iPolitics

As a trading nation, what other countries do matters to New Zealand, whether it's the US, Russia, Australia, China or ...

Opinion: Donald Trump is suggesting significantly higher tariffs to protect American jobs. We have to be careful how we respond to such a move.

Culture

Partners in life and in fashion gallery

John Morrow and partner Lynne Rait both won their sections, Man and Classic Lady of the carnival.

Island Bay couple take out the top prize for fashion on Wellington Cup day.

Do Summer in Dowse Square

Former head of music at Taita College, Jhan Lindsay, will perform soulful songs on February 18

Musical events are happening in Dowse Square again this summer.

Us Two: Barnaby Weir, Lee Prebble

"There's never a Black Seeds song that comes out exactly how we wanted it with no effect from him, he's all over it," ...

They worked together on the first Black Seeds album in 2001, now they're working on the sixth.

Crossword solutions: Saturday, January 21

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Find the solutions to The Dominion Post's backpage puzzle here.

'Surreal' Trump play tour

Alexander Sparrow in his one man political satire The President.

Alexander Sparrow will impressionate Trump, in The President, one last time.

Capital Life

A ride inclined to be interesting

Overseas visitors David Duncan and Rebecca Colvin, from America and England respectively, at the start of their Rimutaka ...

The Rimutaka Inclune is easy going in the saddle and, with its history, something different.

Partners in life and in fashion gallery

John Morrow and partner Lynne Rait both won their sections, Man and Classic Lady of the carnival.

Island Bay couple take out the top prize for fashion on Wellington Cup day.

All black for cup day judges

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L-R: 	Hannah Laity and Hanna Tevita.
The partners of Beauden Barrett and Nehe ...

Hurricanes' partners make their debuts as Fashion in the Field selectors.

Waterfront goes interstellar

Capital E Great Scavenger Hunt performers. From left: Matt Pike, Sabrina Martin, Neenah Dekkers-Reihana, Sarah Tuck and ...

Young Wellington astronauts have been called back down to earth for Capital E's Great Scavenger Hunt this weekend.

Music video: Brave or bonkers? video

Filmmaker Tim Hamilton tries lip-synching in the middle of Wellington's weather bomb.

It seemed a good idea to harness the bomb low's artistic merit for a shoot. To him, not us.

Sport

Roe claims chaotic first stage

IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness rider Tim Roe celebrates his win on the first stage of the New Zealand Cycle Classic on Sunday.

A weather bomb dropped itself on Castlepoint just as Tim Roe won the first stage at the New Zealand Cycle Classic.

Bay coach sees red in draw

Hawke's Bay United coach Brett Angell was sent off by match officials but his team bounced back for a 3-3 draw with Team ...

Hawke's Bay coach Brett Angell raises the ire of officials as his team earn draw with Team Wellington.

Tratt tackle a game-changer

Brisbane Roar defender Corey Brown is helped from the field after a tackle from Wellington Phoenix's Jacob Tratt.

Brisbane Roar coach John Aloisi was left fuming after a Jacob Tratt tackle.

Swartz blasts 11 sixes

Victoria University batsman Franscois Swartz carried his form over into white clothing, scoring a dominant Hazlett ...

Most batsmen struggled, apart from Victoria University power hitter Franscois Swartz.

Cricket grounds spicing up the menu

Cricket crowds are being served more adventurous styles of food.

Old favourites not going anywhere, but cricket ground menus are getting some more flavour.

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