Thursday’s red wind warning for Wellington, at the southern end of New Zealand’s North Island, was the first time the capital — famous for its gusty gales — has ever faced the most severe alert level.

The Wellington Hurricanes left wreckage in Canberra last weekend and will hope to inflict more damage on the Waikato Chiefs on their return home to New Zealand's windy capital on Saturday.

Wellington is currently being hit ... has prompted a rare red weather warning to be issued for New Zealand's capital. Across the North Island and upper South Island there are 21 warnings and ...

Schools were closed and flights cancelled as New Zealand's capital Wellington was hit by its strongest winds in over a decade ...

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The Hurricanes left wreckage in Canberra last weekend and will hope to inflict more damage on the Chiefs on their return home to New Zealand's windy capital ... in 2008 at North Harbour Stadium ...