A plane has successfully landed despite problems with its landing gear that forced it to abort several landing attempts.

James Mills has pleaded guilty to the 2009 murder of Jamie Faulkner. The 29-year-old victim was killed by a single gunshot wound, suffered during an altercation between the two.

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.

A television programme about the life of convicted double-murderer Mark Lundy is set to go ahead.