Latest from Porirua

Sports stars among 58 new cops

There are 58 officers graduating police college in Porirua tomorrow.

Ninety-year-old accompanies teens on Te Araroa trail walk

Walking the trail offers youth education, healing and rehabilitation, trust believes.

Missing Porirua boy, 6, found

The boy was with a family member, police say.

Push to get young offenders back to school

Youth Court education officers cut youth reoffending by almost three-quarters.

Police investigate suspicious Porirua fire

Police are particularly keen to speak to a male seen walking in the area at the time.

Missing Porirua woman found safe and well

Nicole Lisa Gee went missing at 10 o'clock this morning.

$1.2m and nothing to show for it, report says

Local mayors disagree with a report saying Hutt City has gained no benefits from the fund.

Parking wardens to get body cameras

The announcement comes less than a week after an assault on a Wellington parking warden.

Crash blocks motorway to Porirua in rush hour

One lane of SH1 north of Wellington is blocked, just as rush hour approaches.

In a soft voice he said 'yes': Man 'confessed sex crimes to son'

Raymond Bradley is said to have confessed during a heated phone call with his son.

Man on trial for rape charges from the 60s

The charges are from 45 to nearly 60 years ago, and were against two girls.

Scribe faces drug, weapon charges in court

NZ hip-hop artist Scribe stands trial today

Gun theft a reminder to keep firearms secure

A man spotted walking down the street with a gun case was arrested by armed police.

Inside the curious world of a New Zealand charter school

Parents say charter schools picked up children excluded from other schools.

Disgust that brawl filmed instead of stopped

Shock that people would rather film a woman being assaulted than help.

Stolen jetski found four minutes after burglary

A jetski was stolen and found - all in the space of four minutes.

Police shooting found to be lawful

Cop faced with man raising a machete was right to shoot him.

Council websites hit by international cyber attack

The council website was one of more than 4000 sites internationally that were affected.