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.

After Warriena Wright's death at the foot of Gable Tostee's apartment building, people on both sides of the Tasman asked why and how she got there.

Unlocked vehicles parked in driveways and open garages and sheds have repeatedly been targeted in Porirua and Kapiti, say police.

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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.

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.

A petrol explosion at a house where an 11-year-old boy was seriously burned was heard in neighbouring streets.

A man arrested for allegedly forcing his way into a woman's Porirua home and subjecting her to a prolonged sexual attack will keep his name secret for now.

Police are likely to tomorrow again door-knock neighbours of a Porirua woman subjected to a prolonged and horrific sexual assault in her home.

Marking World Refugee Day, the Herald spoke to a refugee family who escaped from Laos to New Zealand 33 years ago, risking their lives to do so.

The body of the man involved in a 26-hour armed stand-off in Wellington will be returned to Hawke's Bay today.

Police have just been seen carrying a pistol out of a house on Kokiri Cres.

A dramatic standoff in Porirua led to the death of a police dog and serious injury of an officer.

A Porirua woman has been sentenced to 12 months home detention for killing her partner during a domestic violence incident.

Only a handful of Porirua's 134 vacant state houses are fit for Aucklanders to live in as proposed by the Government, says the city's mayor.

Colourful boatsheds set the scene at friendly Titahi Bay, finds Elisabeth Easther.

One lucky punter from Porirua has woken up $1 million richer today after cashing in on yesterday's live Lotto draw.

Education officials are "extremely concerned" a Porirua early childhood centre has re-employed a teacher accused of striking children.

Fallen police officers were remembered at a solemn Remembrance Day service today.

Two men allegedly robbed a liquor store at gunpoint this morning.

Police say there are unusual circumstances regarding the length of time the body of a deceased man was in a Porirua home.

Investigators are working to unravel the circumstances that lead to a man's death after his body was found inside a home yesterday.