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.

The man accused of killing an Upper Hutt mother and injuring three others in an axe attack late last year has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Three teenagers have been identified as those involved in a train surfing incident in Upper Hutt on March 8.

Another video has surfaced on social media showing two people "train surfing" off the back of a Wellington commuter train.

Police are scanning CCTV footage in an effort to identify the two teenagers who were caught on camera hanging off the back of a commuter train yesterday.

Police are investigating dramatic footage of two teenagers hanging from the back of a speeding train in Wellington.

The man charged with the axe murder of an Upper Hutt woman has been named. One woman said the violent incident was a huge shock to the quiet community.

One person is seriously injured and three others have moderate injuries after a car crossed the centre line and crashed into another vehicle in Upper Hutt.

Slain intellectually disabled woman Mary Donnelly always maintained a childlike innocence about the world and never lost sight of her dreams, her sister says.

One person has died in a house fire in Upper Hutt overnight. Police said emergency services were called to the blaze in Trentham, Upper Hutt shortly after 8pm.

Police are seeking information on two cars believed to be involved in an aggravated robbery.

The partner of a Wairarapa woman who neglected her daughter's badly broken leg for days has been sentenced to 10 months of home detention.

A Wairarapa woman who took days to seek help for her 3-year-old daughter's broken leg has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison.

A Hutt Valley taxi driver was stabbed in the head "out of nowhere" after he refused to give two women a free ride early today.

A taxi driver has been stabbed in Upper Hutt, leading to a search for two women whose images were caught on security camera footage in the cab.

Residents of an Upper Hutt house escaped safely today after a fire extensively damaged the property.

An Upper Hutt couple have been charged with child neglect after a 3-year-old girl was hospitalised with a leg so badly broken doctors considered amputating it.

A coroner says high visibility clothing should be compulsory for cyclists after the death of a senior police officer who was hit by a truck while riding his bike.

Two trailbikers missing in Upper Hutt last night used petrol from their bikes to build a fire so they could survive a wet night in the Akatarawa forest, police say.

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