Distraught family of slain Matamata mother Helen Meads say they are relieved her husband has been found guilty of her murder.

A jury took just three hours to find Waikato horse breeder Greg Meads guilty of murdering his wife, in the Hamilton High Court has this afternoon.

Labour president Andrew Little says the party will act if any of its members are found to have been involved in a Super City voting scam.

Homicide police were back at a central Auckland building site at first light today, digging deeper in their search for clues into the death of Auckland mother Carmen Thomas.