Wind and rain pound the lower North Island on Thursday
TVNZ
Thu Jul 24 07:49:00 2008
On Wednesday it was heavy rain and high seas, and now Wellington has been hit by slips and gale force winds

NZ zooms up world cost-of-living scale (+photos)
New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:00 2008
Rising costs of housing, rent and food have catapulted New Zealand's biggest cities up a global cost of living ranking. Mercer's 2008 Cost of Living Survey has Auckland in 78th place and Wellington 93rd, up 21 and 18 places respectively. But...

Kahui twins' deaths inspire granddad to revive oriori
Stuff
Thu Jul 24 05:00:00 2008
The death of the Kahui twins inspired a Wellington grandfather to research and revive the ancient Maori tradition of oriori, or lullaby.

Wellington hit by slips and gale force winds (Newstalk ZB)
Yahoo Xtra
Wed Jul 23 22:49:25 2008
Yesterday it was heavy rain and high seas, today Wellington's been hit by slips and gale force winds.