Two men charged with stealing thousands of dollars off a Hutt Valley couple in a 'horrifying' home invasion last year have been found guilty by a jury today.

Being seen with wads of cash doesn't make two men guilty of an armed home invasion, but the layering of evidence does, the Crown said in summing up the case today.

Police are concerned after it was revealed notorious motorcycle gang the Head Hunters are running a cage fighting club out of a new Hutt Valley headquarters.

An Upper Hutt woman pleaded for her life during a "horrifying" home invasion in which she and her husband were bound and threatened with sawn-off shotguns.

The mother of a teenager found dead in her bed has told an inquest that her daughter's physical and mental health deteriorated sharply