Police seek fresh information in Lower Hutt sexual assault case

5:32 pm on 23 February 2017

Police in Lower Hutt are making a fresh appeal for anyone with information about a sexual assault early on Tuesday to come forward.

Police cordoned off the site at Taita, Lower Hutt.

Police cordoned off the site at Taita, Lower Hutt. Photo: RNZ / Adriana Weber

A woman was attacked on High Street in Taita about 4am.

The police said they were looking for a dark-skinned man with short dreadlocks, of average height and build, and in his late-teens or early 20s.

He was last seen with a backpack heading towards Silverstream on a bicycle.