The Algerian man once branded a security risk to NZ looks forward to socialising with customers at his new fast food caravan.

Police name a soldier killed when his motorbike hit a car outside the Linton Military Camp today.

A fire that razed a Manawatu home overnight was "no accident" police say, amid reports a molotov cocktail sparked the blaze.

Guy Sainsbury came across a group of people who had seen a vehicle 80m down a bank, and decided to look around the area himself.

Party's MPs join chorus of condemnation at the permanent name suppression given to a Manawatu man who downloaded more than 300,000 pornographic images, many of them picturing children.