After almost a decade, the Wainuiomata police station is being brought back to life

Sergeant Pat Tangipo will lead the team ... known already by the Lower Hutt community as a youth sports coach, a dad on the school run and a player on the local club's rugby pitch.

Plans to re-establish the station have been in the works for 14 months.

Tangipo says he's always wanted to help make Wainuiomata a safer place to live, both for the community and his children.