Bottles thrown at police confronting boy racers in Hutt Valley, Wellington

By RNZ

Police officers in the Hutt Valley had bottles thrown at them while confronting boy racers and bystanders on Friday night.

The officers had to form lines - on Eastern Hutt Road in Taitā - with shields and helmets to force the crowd of 80 back into their vehicles and through a checkpoint.

Hutt Valley area commander Inspector Wade Jennings said police also intercepted a boy-racer meet in Porirua, and about 100 vehicles at Kmart in Petone.