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Hunt continues for escaped prisoner
The hunt is continuing tonight for a prisoner who escaped from hospital on Friday night.
Prisoner escapes from Hutt Hospital
A remand prisoner at Rimutaka, escaped from Hutt Hospital last night.
Delays after train hits pole in Lower Hutt
A train hit a pole in Lower Hutt last night and brought down overhead cables at the Ava Station.
Stabbing: Police seek missing shoe
Police investigating the mysterious murder of Lower Hutt man Matthew Stevens are looking for a shoe missing from his body.
Man sentenced to 10-year prison term
A man found guilty of murdering a hairdresser he thought was a love rival has been sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole for 10 years.
Dairy worker robbed at knifepoint
An man armed with a knife robbed a Lower Hutt dairy yesterday, police say.
DHB errors blasted in patient death findings
Mental health services at two district health boards have been criticised in coroner's rulings after it was found administrative errors played a role in two self-inflicted deaths.
'I'm sorry for being a man'
Labour leader David Cunliffe says he’s sorry that he’s a man because men commit most family violence but Prime Minister John Key says the comment is 'silly'.
Cunliffe mows down Mallard's moa plan
David Cunliffe says Trevor Mallard's plan to resurrect and reintroduce the moa to Lower Hutt is "not going to fly".
Body found in bush in Lower Hutt
A post-mortem examination will be carried out today on a body found in bush in Lower Hutt yesterday.
Karla Cardno's killer still 'deadly'
The killer of Lower Hutt school girl Karla Cardno is a sadist who enjoyed his crime, a report denying him parole has found.
Karla Cardno's killer denied parole
The man who snatched Lower Hutt school girl Karla Cardno off her bike, then raped, tortured and killed her, has been denied parole.
Woman sexually assaulted in daylight
Police are seeking witnesses to a daylight sexual assault on a woman in Lower Hutt park yesterday.
Woman in hospital after violent stabbing
A woman has been taken to Hutt Hospital with a knife stuck in her abdomen after a violent stabbing.
Hutt Valley death homicide: Police
A police investigation into the discovery of a man's body in Wainuiomata has been upgraded to homicide.
Dog saves family from suspicious fire
A barking dog saved a family from serious injury after a suspicious blaze tore through a Lower Hutt house this morning.
Police hunt for violent criminal in Hutt Valley
Police are still hunting for a violent criminal who abandoned a stolen vehicle and fled into bush in the Hutt Valley yesterday.
Stolen cosmetics truck recovered
A stolen truck which had been transporting $300,000 worth of cosmetics has been found by a member of the public in Hutt Valley.
Police seek help from public to find missing Lower Hutt girl
A Lower Hutt girl has been missing for more than a week - prompting police to appeal to the public for help.
Gas leak at GNS Science in Lower Hutt
Staff at a science facility in Lower Hutt were evacuated this morning following a gas leak.