Two mountain bikers reported as missing in Upper Hutt have made contact with police after spending a night in the bush.

Red, white and blue cars were set alight on different streets over a four-hour period in Upper Hutt last night.

A man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a Wellington principal.

The victim of a home invasion who was forced to open a safe with a shotgun to her head says she has been sentenced to a life of always looking over her shoulder.

More than a dozen Upper Hutt schools will this afternoon take part in a "rolling haka" stretching for several kilometres along Upper Hutt streets.

A world-leading recycling facility that opened today in Upper Hutt will break down nappies into a safe, odourless compost instead of sending them to landfill.

Hutt Valley police have released dramatic shots of a liquor store staff member chasing a robber armed with a knife out of the store last week.

Police are concerned after it was revealed notorious motorcycle gang the Head Hunters are running a cage fighting club out of a new Hutt Valley headquarters.

An Upper Hutt woman pleaded for her life during a "horrifying" home invasion in which she and her husband were bound and threatened with sawn-off shotguns.

The mother of a teenager found dead in her bed has told an inquest that her daughter's physical and mental health deteriorated sharply