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Murder accused appears in court
The man accused of murder after his wife's body was found burning on a roadside near Huntly last week has reappeared in court.
The man accused of murder after his wife's body was found burning on a roadside near Huntly last week has reappeared in court.
The man accused of murder after his wife's body was found burning on the roadside near Huntly is facing three charges, including one of assault in December last year.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake this morning was felt widely across the North Island, causing many people to leap out of bed.
The woman who died after she was doused in accelerant and set alight will be farewelled at a service in Fiji today.
Police have launched an international search to find the husband of a woman burned to death by the side of a Waikato road last week, after he flew to Fiji with their four-year-old son the day after her body was found.
The husband of a woman found burned to death next to a Huntly road last week fled overseas with the couple's four-year-old son the day after her body was found, say police.
Police have identified the woman found burned to death next to a Huntly road and say her husband - who left NZ with their son on Friday - is a person of 'considerable interest' to their investigation.
Police are urging people to adjust their driving to wet conditions after a fatal crash this morning.
Warnings of more gale force winds and heavy rain have been issued as a deep low moves east across the North Island this morning.
Wild weather was last night lashing the upper North Island as heavy rain and high tides combined to keep authorities and residents on high alert for more coastal flooding.