The Heart Stopper Challenge on Lambton Quay.

Ice challenge a heart stopper

3:52 PM  Wellington's mayor spends six minutes in ice-cold water to support children with heart defects.

'Stupid' law slammed

Wellington City Council's move to ban the dropping cigarette butts has been ridiculed by a top council employee.

2:58 PM  City Council staffer bags his own councillors over proposed new cigarette butt law.

Brothel owners buy illegal pāua

4:15 PM  More than 400 shells of poached pāua were found in the garden of the guilty buyers.

Bus crash tenants get all clear

3:40 PM  Engineers say tenants can go home as investigation continues into bus crash.

Man in hospital after stabbing

26-year-old man in a stable condition after early morning attack in Masterton.

Woman injured in bus mishap

Passenger dislocates shoulder after Wellington bus takes off before she'd sat down.

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News

Foxton centre to open soon

Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom in Foxton will likely be opened in November.

3:28 PM  Foxton's long-anticipated $7.3 million culture and community hub is set to open in just weeks.

Council manager wins case

The employee who lost his job in a restructure was offered an inferior position, ERA says.

Hutt Valley truck crash, 3 hurt

Rimutaka Hill road upgrade delayed

business

Ex-AB's humble abode for sale

The Petone property includes an apartment, as well as a retail store, which is currently on a periodic lease to dairy owners.

Former home of the late pharmacist and ex-All Black Rod Heeps goes under the hammer.

Insurance boss loses claim

Many Wellington buildings suffered substantial damage in November's quake.

Insurance company chief executive sacked after last year's Kaikoura earthquake has claim of unjustified dismissal rejected.

Skills for the future

Kirk Hope, chief executive of BusinessNZ.

Despite concerns here, New Zealand's ability to develop skills is well regarded internationally.

Year-old steel firm collapses

Sir Bob Parker, left, and Bert Govan.

Christchurch company in liquidation a year after it promised to shake up the market with imported Chinese product.

$21m Porirua adventure park

Chairlifts at the Christchurch Adventure Park, built by the same company that will build the Porirua one.

"It's like a year-round ski resort that doesn't require snow", and could be open by 2020.

Comment

Our political Doctor Who

Some of NZ First leader Winston Peters' policy ideas appear designed to exploit the nostalgic yearning of his ageing ...

OPINION: Winston Peters is inviting us to join him in the Tardis.

Ambassador, NZ knew about nukes

US Ambassador Scott Brown demonstrates his guitar prowess to the local media in June.

OPINION: How did deluded, sheltered NZ ever get by without US ambassador Scott Brown's wisdom?

Growing concern about growth

Winter scene in the snow, Queenstown. New Zealand. Like other beautiful New Zealand locations it is under pressure ...

OPINION: More economic growth and the issues that come with it are fuelling growing unease.

National-Green deal no laughing matter video

Urgent quake bill concerns: James Shaw

OPINION: The Nats did seem serious - but those suggesting a tie-up with the Greens have jumped the shark.

The bleak house of Hef

Hugh Hefner - a wrinkly atoll adrift from civilisation.

OPINION: Silk pyjamas can't hide the primitive in human beings.

Culture

Art club marks 125 years

An early image of the Wellington Art Club's current club rooms in Miramar.

The Wellington Art Club is thought to be the oldest club of its kind in the country.

Friday's crossword solutions

Crosswords

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

Thursday's crossword solutions

Crosswords

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

Making theatre, making money

The Sound of Music tells the story of how the Von Trapp family and their governess, Maria, escaped Nazi-occupied Austria.

People say you can't make money in theatre. Ben McDonald is proving them wrong.

Wednesday's crossword solutions

Crosswords

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

Capital Life

Ice challenge a heart stopper

The mayor digs deep for the six minutes in icy water for the annual Heart Stopper Challenge on Lambton Quay.

One, two three, go! Wellington mayor does six minutes in ice-cold water to support children with heart defects.

Art club marks 125 years

An early image of the Wellington Art Club's current club rooms in Miramar.

The Wellington Art Club is thought to be the oldest club of its kind in the country.

A beautiful flowering in Oriental Bay

The Hans Wegner-style elbow chairs fit in perfectly with the slightly severe, very contemporary Asian aesthetic – ...

After two decades in the business, the Chin sisters have succeeded in bringing together refined dining and a contemporary Asian aesthetic. David Burton reports.

Reviews show cycleway mistrust

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In an unprecedented move, two separate reviews are underway into Wellington ...

Council's handling of Island Bay route scrutinised in two independent reports.

Mana Cruising Club's new restaurant

The Falling Water cocktail will be $10 at Matterhorn's upcoming events.

The team behind Topor go beyond Polish cuisine with a new waterside venture.

Sport

Pike holds Guineas key

Leith Innes will ride Felton Road for the Pike stable in the Hawke's Bay Guineas.

Pike runners have big hand in Hawke's Bay Guineas.

Gingernuts fans bet big

Gingernuts is a clearcut favourite for the third leg of the Hawke's Bay triple crown.

Punters can't get enough of Gingernuts in Livamol.

Phoenix tactics under construction

Daniel Mullen says the Wellington Phoenix have a variety of tactics they can call on this season.

The Wellington Phoenix will take it game by game with their tactics this season.

The $100k crossbar challenge video

Sarah Gregorius attempts to hit the crossbar.

Hit the crossbar from halfway, and the Wellington Phoenix will give you $100,000.

Galloway confident Nix ready

Scott Galloway has enjoyed the start to his Wellington Phoenix career.

Wellington Phoenix defender says they are ready to surprise a few people.

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