Police are looking for people to identify the owners of clothing and a ute in the case of murdered Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley.

Police are confident they have caught Lois Tolley's killers on camera.

One of the suspects in the murder of Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley was heard saying "what have we done" after her killing last month, police say.

A neighbour of the Whanganui house where an armed man was fatally shot by police on Friday night said the shot man had been at the

A burst water main in Upper Hutt which caused a "pretty spectacular" fountain of water and hindered the train service has been fixed. A

Lois Tolley's aunt always looked forward to her niece stopping by to give her a hug and natter about the world's problems. Those visits are memories now.

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".

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.

Traffic leaving central Wellington is gridlocked as commuters scramble to leave the rain-battered city.

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

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

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 woman died after a car and ute collided in Upper Hutt this evening.

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.