Police have just been seen carrying a pistol out of a house on Kokiri Cres.

A dramatic standoff in Porirua led to the death of a police dog and serious injury of an officer.

A Porirua woman has been sentenced to 12 months home detention for killing her partner during a domestic violence incident.

Only a handful of Porirua's 134 vacant state houses are fit for Aucklanders to live in as proposed by the Government, says the city's mayor.

Colourful boatsheds set the scene at friendly Titahi Bay, finds Elisabeth Easther.

One lucky punter from Porirua has woken up $1 million richer today after cashing in on yesterday's live Lotto draw.

Education officials are "extremely concerned" a Porirua early childhood centre has re-employed a teacher accused of striking children.

Fallen police officers were remembered at a solemn Remembrance Day service today.

Two men allegedly robbed a liquor store at gunpoint this morning.

Washing your car in the driveway is a thing of the past for Porirua residents.

Firefighters have been battling a blaze that broke out at a Chinese Takeaway shop in Porirua this morning.

A man who stole a Starship Foundation charity box has been ordered to undergo compulsory mental health treatment.

A man charged after a 6-month-old girl died this week has reappeared at Porirua District Court.

A man has appeared in Porirua District Court charged with two counts of assault after a six month-old baby died from head injuries on Monday.

Police are on the hunt for a Porirua man after they seized more than $130,000 of methamphetamine in a drug bust.

A teenager who admitted to carrying out a vicious attack on an elderly couple while they slept last year has been sentenced to almost six years in prison.

A jury in the case of a man accused of cutting a woman's throat and assaulting another with a hammer has retired to consider its verdict.

A man accused of attempting to murder a pregnant woman in her home last year said he had to kill her, cut her throat, then cut his own, a court has heard.

A man who fell from his ladder onto a rockery and was given painkillers by the local medical centre, died two days later of internal injuries, a coroner has found.

A trial date has been set for a man who allegedly attacked his pregnant partner with a hammer and a knife.

A man found duck hunting in a wildlife reserve has been arrested.

A property in Porirua has been cordoned off after a house was peppered with gunshots this morning.

A drunk teenager's deadly eight-storey fall from a Wellington apartment building has prompted a warning for suburban youths to be aware of the risks of high-rise buildings.