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.

Red, white and blue cars were set alight on different streets over a four-hour period in Upper Hutt last night.

A man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a Wellington principal.

The victim of a home invasion who was forced to open a safe with a shotgun to her head says she has been sentenced to a life of always looking over her shoulder.

More than a dozen Upper Hutt schools will this afternoon take part in a "rolling haka" stretching for several kilometres along Upper Hutt streets.

A world-leading recycling facility that opened today in Upper Hutt will break down nappies into a safe, odourless compost instead of sending them to landfill.

Two men charged with stealing thousands of dollars off a Hutt Valley couple in a 'horrifying' home invasion last year have been found guilty by a jury today.

Being seen with wads of cash doesn't make two men guilty of an armed home invasion, but the layering of evidence does, the Crown said in summing up the case today.

Police are concerned after it was revealed notorious motorcycle gang the Head Hunters are running a cage fighting club out of a new Hutt Valley headquarters.

An Upper Hutt woman pleaded for her life during a "horrifying" home invasion in which she and her husband were bound and threatened with sawn-off shotguns.

The mother of a teenager found dead in her bed has told an inquest that her daughter's physical and mental health deteriorated sharply