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.

Lois Rita Tolley has been remembered as an "amazing human" after she was found dead in a house in Upper Hutt on Friday.

Police are hunting three men over a suspicious death in Upper Hutt, which has sparked a homicide investigation.

Police have increased their patrols around Upper Hutt schools following reports of men trying to lure children away - with one man offering a child Pokemon cards to follow him.

A police spokesperson said "early indications were hypothermia" in relation to the two deaths, but that had not been confirmed.

The Metservice is warning rain, wind, and possible thunderstorms are on the way to Wellington for tonight and tomorrow.

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.

A man has suffered burns after causing a "steam explosion" in Upper Hutt. Police attended the incident at the request of ambulance

An 76-year-old woman with dementia is missing in Hutt Valley.

A former tax agent who didn't pay his clients' tax to the Inland Revenue Department and falsified 250 GST and income tax returns in

Upper Hutt College was swindled out of $375,000 by its former executive officer Donald Hancox, who today pleaded guilty to 10 fraud charges.

A man and woman, believed to be under the influence of alcohol, had to be rescued after the ute they were driving got stranded in the rapidly surging waters of the Hutt River.

Nineteen bulls on their way to the meatworks made a brief escape for freedom, after the trailer they were in rolled off the road in Upper Hutt.

The truck has currently blocked the Blue Mountains Rd after the crash caused the trailer to hang over the edge of the road.

A scrub fire in Upper Hutt has forced homes to be evacuated, a firefighter to be hospitalised and roads to be closed.

A handful of Upper Hutt city councillors are in the firing line after making the city a TPP-free zone.

A new Upper Hutt bridge will take six months to rebuild after the collapse of the old one left many residents stranded overnight.

A motorcyclist who died in Upper Hutt on Wednesday has been named by police as 37-year-old Koro Robin Peachey of Wainuiomata.

The crash happened on Fergusson Drive, near St Patrick's College, about 2.20pm.

An Upper Hutt man says he will never forgive the man he considered his best friend after he killed his mother in a frenzied and brutal axe attack.

A major slip has closed a road in Upper Hutt for the rest of the day and probably into tomorrow.

A man shot dead after an armed police stand-off this week was "in a bad place" but did not want to hurt anyone, his cousin says.

A relative of Pera Smiler's who didn't wish to be named said: "It's so sad how things have turned out."

Armed with a high-powered rifle, a man in his 20s made his way to McDonald's in Upper Hutt.

Wellington's wild weather has claimed the life of an elderly man, whose car became submerged as raging floodwaters rose across the area.