Lower Hutt, New Zealand News

A Lower Hutt woman claimed to be a solo mother and that her children's father was living in Poland so she could defraud the Government of more than $124,000 in benefits.

Media release - NZ Police Over 3,000 drivers were stopped during a major policing operation in Central District this evening, and not one was found to be over the drink drive limit.

It has been 30 years since the Erebus air disaster, but its ability to touch even young New Zealanders has been on display on Sunday.

A Lower Hutt kohanga reo has been badly damaged in what police say is a suspicious fire.

The Government has rejected a council plea for a radical shake-up of Lower Hutt secondary schools.

Two earthquakes have struck off the coast of the lower North Island today, including a 5.1 magnitude earthquake near Otaki.

Colin Espiner reports on the new US Ambassador. I like what I hear: America's new ambassador loves New Zealand already because it has most of his favourite vices.

Tuesday, 8 December 2009, 2:30 pm Press Release: Chorus NEWS RELEASE: 08 December 2009   Cabinets rev-up broadband for 7000 Lower Hutt residents Chorus, Telecom's network access business, has completed half of its work to rev-up Lower Hutt's broadband network with residents in the Western Hills and Eastbourne the first to benefit.

The clean-up of a badly polluted Wellington stream has created a second clean-up operation - at the landfill where the stream's toxic sludge was dumped.

COOL NAME: Tim Haskell has had an Antarctic ice strait, mostly only occasionally open water, named after him.

The teenage girl indecently assaulted by a prominent musician has broken her silence, saying that even police tried to dissuade her from pursuing charges against him.

Nelson company Nutrizeal is experiencing rapid growth with the support of Lower Hutt-based Crown entity Industrial Research Limited.

Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 5:33 pm Press Release: Greater Wellington Regional Council Greater Wellington and NZ Bus have formally agreed to extend the Hutt Valley bus service contracts for three years, plus an additional period of one year to allow for the Hutt Valley contracts to be tendered as originally planned.

The Hindu Council of New Zealand Inc. is organising the Wellington Regional Hindu Conference on Saturday, 27th February 2010, in Lower Hutt, Wellington.

A woman from New Zealand has been injured after her horse collapsed and died while she was riding it, trapping her underneath .

A Porirua man has been arrested after police discovered drugs and other items in his possession.

A number of people have been injured, some seriously, after three vehicles crashed at the intersection of State Highway Two and Fairway Drive in Lower Hutt.

A woman knocked unconcious after her horse collapsed beneath her was airlifted to Wellington Hospital yesterday afternoon.

The State Services Commission has ordered an investigation into a Labour Party complaint about National MP Paul Quinn.

Motorcyclists revving up for a mass rally at Parliament at noon tomorrow fear crippling accident-compensation levy rises will force some to scrimp on safety gear and courses.