An man armed with a knife robbed a Lower Hutt dairy yesterday, police say.

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.

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'.

David Cunliffe says Trevor Mallard's plan to resurrect and reintroduce the moa to Lower Hutt is "not going to fly".

A post-mortem examination will be carried out today on a body found in bush in Lower Hutt yesterday.

The killer of Lower Hutt school girl Karla Cardno is a sadist who enjoyed his crime, a report denying him parole has found.

Police are seeking witnesses to a daylight sexual assault on a woman in Lower Hutt park yesterday.

A woman has been taken to Hutt Hospital with a knife stuck in her abdomen after a violent stabbing.

A police investigation into the discovery of a man's body in Wainuiomata has been upgraded to homicide.

A barking dog saved a family from serious injury after a suspicious blaze tore through a Lower Hutt house this morning.

Police are still hunting for a violent criminal who abandoned a stolen vehicle and fled into bush in the Hutt Valley yesterday.

A stolen truck which had been transporting $300,000 worth of cosmetics has been found by a member of the public in Hutt Valley.

A Lower Hutt girl has been missing for more than a week - prompting police to appeal to the public for help.

Staff at a science facility in Lower Hutt were evacuated this morning following a gas leak.

Seven people, including two children, would have drowned when their boat sank in the Hauraki Gulf if there not been another vessel in the area at the time, police say.

A man has been flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries after plummeting 30 metres down a steep bank when he crashed through a safety barrier at the top of Wainuiomata Hill Rd tonight.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the armed robbery of a dairy in Lower Hutt yesterday.

The killer of Lower Hutt schoolgirl Karla Cardno is still "a long way off being eligible for release", the Parole Board says.

A coroner says high visibility clothing should be compulsory for cyclists after the death of a senior police officer who was hit by a truck while riding his bike.

The stepfather of a Lower Hutt schoolgirl who was tortured and murdered has slammed the Parole Board for making her killer eligible for parole year after year.