Sabbath Mohi was arrested in Lower Hutt without incident this afternoon, police said.

Anyone who helps a man who fled a Lower Hutt court and assaulted a police prosecutor they may face criminal charges, police warn. Sabbath

Police continue to hunt for a man who knocked a police prosecutor unconscious after jumping the dock at the Lower Hutt District Court.

A police prosecutor was knocked unconscious when he chased down a man who jumped the dock and escaped the Lower Hutt District Court today.

The man has been moved from the Lower Hutt suburb of Maungaraki to a residence on the grounds of Christchurch Men's Prison.

A man has denied ramming a police car with a ute in Marton. Christopher Malcolm Duane Muir, 35, pleaded not guilty in the Whanganui

Police are seeking a Hutt Valley patched Mongrel Mob member wanted to arrest.

Police have made another appeal for information about a savage street attack in Lower Hutt as a 21-year-old man lies in hospital, unlikely to survive.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested for the assault of another man at a Lower Hutt party that has left him in critical condition

Police, firefighters and ambulance were called to Manor Park, Lower Hutt after the incident shortly after 6pm.

Ann-Marie Shelley turned to Catholic priest Peter Joseph Hercock for help. Instead, he raped her.

Police are hunting for two men after the Bellevue Gardens Establishment in Lower Hutt was held up just after 10pm last night.

A man has been arrested following an Armed Offenders Squad call out in Lower Hutt last week.

An armed offender is on the loose after shooting a man in a Lower Hutt address, leaving him with serious injuries, early this morning.

There was no suspicious activity behind a fatal house fire in which one man died, police said today.

Firefighters called to a fire at a set of flats in Petone last night arrived to found a body inside.

A man is recovering in hospital and another is due to appear in court after a stabbing in Lower Hutt last night.

A woman has been sentenced to home detention and community work in relation to the death of a Lower Hutt man earlier this year.

A senior train driver who crashed into a concrete block with a trainload of passengers and later tested positive for cannabis has lost his last appeal to win his job back.

A Lower Hutt man who was caught on film verbally attacking two foreign men on a Wellington bus last week says he is "not a racist".

There is "sympathy" and "forgiveness" within the Muslim community for a man who was caught on camera making offensive comments, a religious expert says.

A Lower Hutt man has been arrested after a video of a racist rant on a Wellington bus against two young men who appeared to be Muslim was published online.

Isaac Young's parents could not believe a small lump on their young son's leg was melanoma. The resulting biopsies, surgeries and skin graft are more than any child should have to endure.

A young family are devastated after a major house fire wrecked their suburban home this afternoon.

A third person has been arrested and charged in relation to the the death of a man in Taita, Lower Hutt last week.