A man who pulled a gun on a police officer remains on the run.

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to 11 years and six months jail after "exceptionally cruel offending".

A man guilty of a shocking sex attack will today learn if he faces preventive detention.

A free service has been set up to ease the Christmas shopping horror.

A former Labour member spurned for being "right wing" by Labour leader Andrew Little has signed up with National.

Wellington Police have arrested seven people over a city-based methamphetamine dealing syndicate.

Wellington police have found an autistic 19-year-old, who was reported missing earlier this evening, "safe and sound in Paraparaumu".

Videos have emerged of a police pursuit in Porirua which ends in the driver getting out of his vehicle and running on foot.

Wellington and Kapiti drivers should expect delays due to ongoing repairs and clean-up from slips and flooding, the NZTA warns.

A number of schools have been closed due to flooding, affecting some students due to sit exams after afternoon.

A string of motorists is stranded on State Highway 2 as authorities across the Wellington region prepare for evacuations.

Two men have appeared in court in relation to a string of aggravated robberies in Porirua. A 42-year old man appeared in the Porirua

A Massey University lecturer has been sentenced on a charge of dangerous driving causing injury.

Despite feeding her family on a tight budget, this Porirua mum is changing lives with her food parcel initiative.

Kathryn Nevatt held her breath for seven minutes and 45 seconds while floating face down in Porirua pool, setting a new national record.

A Wellington firefighter had to be winched from steep terrain after a cat took exception to being rescued from a macrocarpa tree.

Around $2.1 million will be invested to build a total of six new classrooms at schools in the Wellington and Kapiti regions, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today.

A man's held up a dairy in Porirua with a sawn-off rifle, before making off with some money.

Watch NZH Focus: NZ police are urging calm over creepy clown sightings as a sociologist explains the "social panic" that can give rise to such epidemics.

Three boys were playing basketball at a school last night when they saw a man lurking behind a building.

Health authorities are considering plans to move mental health patient Ashley Peacock, to the dismay of his parents.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

Emergency services are waiting for a power authority to arrive before they can rescue a person from a car that crashed into a pole in Porirua.

Think you have bad neighbours? This woman got an anonymous note about out two 'shabby' cars in her driveway.

A worker was stabbed in the neck during a robbery at a Porirua business tonight.

Roads are closed north of Wellington due to waves from a Porirua inlet lapping at the road.

Kids will miss out on a swim over the last weekend of the school holidays after a crypto outbreak.

Police are seeking a "dangerous" Porirua man who is on the run, after removing his electronic monitoring bracelet.

A litter of 11 young puppies has been found soaking wet and cold on a pathway after being dumped in Porirua.

Man accused of forcing his way into a 65-year-old woman's Porirua home and subjecting her to a prolonged sexual attack will have his fitness to plead assessed.