A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

A Lower Hutt man whose house is threatened by floodwaters won't evacuate because he is worried about looters.

Give yourself a pat on the back, people of Wellington

A Massey University lecturer has been sentenced on a charge of dangerous driving causing injury.

Judith Collins will not be drawn on whether police acted illegally when targeting euthanasia advocates.

New Zealand rules which ban all ages from cycling on footpaths are out of step with other countries, transport officials say.

Around $2.1 million will be invested to build a total of six new classrooms at schools in the Wellington and Kapiti regions, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today.

Police have admitted setting up a drink-drive checkpoint near a euthanasia meeting.

Wright's closest friends have written a heartfelt tribute in a bid to "put the pieces of our lives back together".

A bus driver was taken to hospital with "superficial head injuries" after three people tried to rob him in Upper Hutt this morning.

A Hutt City councillor has beaten out her closest rival by only six votes.

Lower Hutt Police have found the old model BMW sought in connection to an armed robbery in Taita last night.

A couple have spoken of their fear when armed robbers came into their takeaway shop just before closing.

Police have found a Lower Hutt man who went missing earlier today.

A Lower Hutt man has been arrested in connection with an assault which occurred last week in Stokes Valley. Hutt Valley Police arrested

A police officer was injured in Lower Hutt early today while trying to stop an alleged offender fleeing.

A man is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital's ICU after a stabbing last night.

A man is in a critical condition after being stabbed at a 21st birthday party in Lower Hutt.

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

A driver who sped away after failing to stop for police in Lower Hutt has crashed into a power pole and fled on foot.

A firefighter has been injured dealing with a blaze at a state house in Lower Hutt last night.

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.