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.

An 76-year-old woman with dementia is missing in Hutt Valley.

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 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.

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

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.

Wellington's wild weather has claimed the life of an elderly man, whose car became submerged as raging floodwaters rose across the area.

A Lower Hutt man who was caught on film verbally attacking two foreign-looking men on a Wellington bus has been fined and ordered to do community work.

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.