The husband of the woman found burnt to death near Huntly last week has arrived in Auckland on a flight from Fiji, accompanied by NZ police officers. He is likely to be charged with her murder.

Davesh Sharma, the husband of the woman who was found burnt alive near Huntly last week, is on his way back to New Zealand.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake this morning was felt widely across the North Island, causing many people to leap out of bed.

A woman killed in a crash near Raglan yesterday was the mother of a four-month-old child, police said today.

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.

A woman whose body was found burning by a remote Waikato road was alive when she was set on fire.

Police believe they have identified a woman found on fire on Thursday evening, and that an accelerant was used to start the blaze.