Armed police responded to reports of a teen making threats involving a .22 over Skype today.

New rules aim to protect a spine of bush-covered hills that act as a backdrop to Upper Hutt.

The colours of autumn can be amazing but Graham Harding was surprised when the Waiwhetu Stream turned purple.

An unknown pollutant which was released into a Hutt stream has stained local wildlife purple.

A mother and her baby were left hanging upside down in a tree when their car drove off the road and down a bank yesterday.

Rescuers walked an hour through dense bush to reach an injured man.

The former national head of road policing has been honoured for her 27 years' service.

SIMON EDWARDS - Hutt News

The Wainuiomata Memorial RSA has gone into voluntary liquidation, costing 10 people their jobs.

Police are looking for sightings of a Hutt Valley man last seen at a Hamilton casino.

Check here for any changes to your rail service tonight after the derailment.

A man is badly injured after crashing his car into pillars of an overbridge this afternoon.

The Hutt Valley's two councils will join forces to ask locals about the future shape of local government.

Convicted murderer Shayd Robinson's father has been sentenced for stabbing another man.

A man who walked around a shop while claiming he needed a wheelchair has lost his ACC battle.

Opposing sides in a bitter dispute over the future of the historic Balgownie House in Naenae have reached a compromise.

Lower Hutt Mayor Ray Wallace has vowed to clean up a street that has become a magnet for boy racers.

COLIN WILLIAMS - Upper Hutt Leader

The future - or otherwise - of the Pinehaven Library has again come under question.

COLIN WILLIAMS - Upper Hutt Leader

The temporary closure of the former Hapai Club building and a minimum $40,000 extra cost in its refurbishment, has seen the worth of the building to the city questioned.

COLIN WILLIAMS - Upper Hutt Leader

Ultra-fast broadband is coming to a berm near you . . . maybe.

Armed police were called to Lower Hutt overnight after reports of what sounded like gunshots.

Plans to tweak rules around the sale of alcohol in Lower Hutt will go out for public consultation, despite being described as "a dog's breakfast".

A violent attack on a Lower Hutt businessman by a group of boy racers has been caught on tape.

A culture of silence and mistrust meant bullying went unnoticed in a Porirua dental clinic.

More alcohol than food was found in a house where four children suffered from scabies.

Two teens who stole air rifles from one of their grandparents' homes and assaulted a neighbour had a stolen car as their getaway.

LEE-ANNE EDWARDS - Hutt News

A friendly chat with local boy racers turned nasty for local business owner Angus Kincaid on Saturday.

SIMON EDWARDS - Hutt News

Longstanding Hutt retailer Cecil Bank celebrates turning 100, while the shoe store he established turns 75.

"The proposal is like a colander, it's got that many holes in it. Why should we give up our private land for something that's not going to work?"

A bus has veered off the road in Lower Hutt, smashing a wooden fence into splinters.

After stressful shortages this summer, the inner workings of Wellington’s water supplies were on show.

An Upper Hutt teenager has been jailed for her part in an attack that left a girl with a broken nose.

KAROLINE TUCKEY - Hutt News

A visiting young piano virtuoso has had his gear and three years of work stolen by "a low life".

A driver who crashed a car into a Lower Hutt house is on the run, while another driver is trapped in their vehicle after ploughing into a house in Waitangirua.

Four people have been charged with importing 20 litres of a known date rape drug into the Hutt Valley for supply.

COLIN WILLIAMS - Upper Hutt Leader

A 16 per cent reduction in reported crime in Upper Hutt for 2012 has continued a positive trend in recent years, police say.

SELINA POWELL - Upper Hutt Leader

Four monkeys and a one-eyed hawk left homeless following the closure of their zoo in tragic circumstances will take up residence at an Upper Hutt animal sanctuary.

Too many Lower Hutt young people are pre-loading with alcoholic drinks then heading to Wellington and getting into trouble.

A lightning strike shattered a huge pine tree on the Shandon golf course in Petone, sending chunks flying 50 metres away.

A Hutt teenager was arrested overnight after sexually assaulting two women during a burglary.

A security guard needed surgery after being shot with an air gun at a Lower Hutt primary school.

A screener who was faking hearing test results for babies was exposed by the speed of her work.

A yacht that grounded off Eastbourne today had to be towed out by maritime police.

A ''dog's breakfast'' of recommendations on the number and opening hours of licensed premises in Lower Hutt is backward-looking, says one councillor.

There are signs of disquiet over user-pays recycling in Upper Hutt, with some residents flagging the practice.

A jury has found Shayd Robinson guilty of the murder of Stokes Valley father of two, Aaron Hadfield.

A Petone woman charged with the murder of her partner, a Mongrel Mob member, is due back in court next month.

Did someone in your family come home with a huge bouquet earlier this month? They may have come from a grave, not a florist.

A man accused of murder produced a knife during a "scuffle" for self-defence, a jury has been told.

Two people have been taken to hospital following a crash in Hutt Valley this morning.

Thousands of elderly people are being caught out by money being taken out of their pension to pay back overdue student loans.