Mary Berrington's family cling to the grainy CCTV footage of the last time she was seen.

Hutt City Councillors have voted down a proposal to scrap free meals at council meetings.

The person is being taken to Wellington Hospital and is breathing.

Police have had a good response to the Police Ten 7 episode about Lois Tolley's murder.

Police are following up new information about the execution-style death of Lois Tolley.

Footage shows four men leaving Tolley's house, one "visibly distressed".

Police are still searching for those responsible for an Upper Hutt woman's slaying.

Four Year 9 students were suspended for inappropriately filming the female staff.

The search for a missing 78-year-old Wellington man continues.

A vet faces a huge debt for treating animals whose owners couldn't stump up with the cash.

A crash and a separate truck breakdown in Wellington are causing major delays for commuters.

A memorial wall was unveiled to remember police dogs killed in the line of duty.

Teenage runaways have some explaining to do today.

The five Upper Hutt teenagers had been uncontactable to family members since last night.

Year 9 students have been suspended from an Upper Hutt school after being caught inappropriately filming female staff.

Police are urging members of the public to report suspicious activity straight away after a would-be burglar escaped after he was disturbed in the process of breaking into a house.

Thousands of workers have been displaced, building assessment deadlines are not being met and earthquake damage is still only just coming to light in Wellington.

Police have a new lead in the execution-style killing of Lois Tolley.

Some of areas of Upper Hutt received up to 20 millimetres of rain in minutes during last night's heavy downpour, according to MetService.

Police probing the murder Lois Tolley have identified the owner of a white ute as part of their ongoing investigation.

Police are looking for people to identify the owners of clothing and a ute in the case of murdered Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley.

Police are confident they have caught Lois Tolley's killers on camera.

One of the suspects in the murder of Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley was heard saying "what have we done" after her killing last month, police say.

A neighbour of the Whanganui house where an armed man was fatally shot by police on Friday night said the shot man had been at the

A burst water main in Upper Hutt which caused a "pretty spectacular" fountain of water and hindered the train service has been fixed. A

Lois Tolley's aunt always looked forward to her niece stopping by to give her a hug and natter about the world's problems. Those visits are memories now.

Police investigating the murder of Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley say they have spoken to a number of people and made arrests on "unrelated matters".

Members of slain Upper Hutt woman Lois Rita Tolley's family were meant to be gathering for Christmas celebrations, but instead they will be gathering for a funeral.

The devastated mother of Lois Tolley who was murdered in Upper Hutt says her daughter was a "very caring person who loved life".

A woman found dead at an Upper Hutt property on Friday night was "lovely", "positive" and had a "huge heart", friends say.