Lower Hutt
Police seek witnesses to Hutt Valley attack
Police are seeking witnesses to an assault after a man was found with serious head injuries in Lower Hutt, near Wellington.
Lower Hutt mum petitions to allow kids to ride on footpaths
A Lower Hutt mum is asking Parliament to change the law to allow children under the age of 14 to ride their bikes on the footpath. Audio
Escapee sex offender sentenced to supervision
The child sex offender who was on the run for two days after cutting off his GPS monitoring anklet was today sentenced to intensive supervision. Audio
Steve's Christmas Village 2015 - Steve Flaunty
For the past couple of years, RNZ has caught up ambitious Chirstmas village maker, Steve Flaunty. Every year, one whole room of his Lower Hutt house is transformed into a miniature Christmas village… Video, Audio
Lower Hutt flood barrier a step closer after council vote
A stopbank for Lower Hutt, which involves bulldozing homes and businesses, could save more than $1 billion in flood damage repair, Wellington Regional Council says. Audio
Space Between
Space Between is a sustainable zero waste fashion design project run through Massey University. Sonia Sly meets the designers and team behind the project to look at why they're reconstructing… Audio
Police chase ends in crash, arrests
A police chase ended when a car crashed in Lower Hutt this afternoon. Two people have been arrested.
You Call this Art 2014 Part 2
The actor Cliff Curtis, composer Phil Dadson and authors Damien Wilkins and Georgina White discuss the importance of discovery in the process of creating new performances or writing. Justin Gregory is… Audio
Manhunt on for sex attacker who assaulted woman on lunchbreak
A manhunt is underway for a man who sexually assaulted a woman at knifepoint on her lunchbreak in Lower Hutt. Audio
Wrappers' Delight
More than 100 young farmers are growing tasty food on a disused football pitch at Epuni Primary School. With project co-ordinator Julia Milne of the Common Unity Project Aotearoa, schoolchildren and… Audio
Simon's A to Z - Eastbourne
A tour of the seaside township with: Steve Phillips, stalwart of Eastbourne, RSA President, sailor, tennis player and committee member; Mary Longmore, who grew up in Eastbourne and returned there to… Audio
Mallard's Moa plan "pure science fiction" says expert
Mr Mallard says he's dead serious about the plan, which would involve reintroducing Moa to the forests of Wainuiomata in his constituency of Hutt South. Audio
Mallard's moa a goer or not?
Labour MP Trevor Mallard's idea of resurrecting the moa to lift Wainuiomata's fortunes has been shot down by MP's on all sides of the house, including his leader. Audio
Moa gags take up Parliament's time
There have been gags galore at Parliament today about an extinct bird thanks to the Labour MP Trevor Mallard's proposal to resurrect the Moa and reintroduce the bird to his Hutt South electorate. Audio
Spectrum for 29 June 2014
Spectrum's Jerome Cvitanovich visits Te Puna Wai Ora - the Spring of Life. This natural fountain in the suburb of Petone supplies an estimated 250,000 litres of water a month to the people of… Audio
Bike library
Alex Revell drops in on a library with a difference. He visits the school-based bicycle library in Lower Hutt that lends out bikes not books. Audio
Ideas for 2 September 2012
Epuni Primary School's Common Unity Project aims to produce enough fruit and vegetables to feed not only the school's 110 pupils but their families as well. It's a classic example of what's been… Audio