A Levin man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a woman on the Kāpiti Coast.
Brian McConachie, 49, today admitted murdering 45-year-old Irina Scantee in a Paraparaumu house last August.
Name suppression also lapsed today when McConachie appeared in the High Court at Wellington.
McConachie was taken into custody in nearby Raumati Beach soon after emergency services found Scantee dead last year, and was charged with murder.
He will be sentenced on July 31.