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".

Twelve Kiwi families will be watching the Auckland Marathon next weekend with a little more excitement than might normally be expected.

After Warriena Wright's death at the foot of Gable Tostee's apartment building, people on both sides of the Tasman asked why and how she got there.

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.

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 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.

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.

A man has been arrested following an Armed Offenders Squad call out in Lower Hutt last week.

An armed offender is on the loose after shooting a man in a Lower Hutt address, leaving him with serious injuries, early this morning.

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.