Crime

A shallow grave was found on a previously-searched farm today. New information prompted the police investigation team to return.

After being bullied, Ryan Eastwick took his mum's car. Speeding up to 190km/h, he veered into Sandra Loveday's lane and collided head-on with her vehicle.

New leads had prompted another search of a farm area for the Christchurch real estate agent who has been missing more than a year.

Two were stabbed and two others hit by a vehicle during the brawl described by police as "appalling" in Wairoa at the weekend.

Philip John Polkinghorne's wife, Pauline Hanna, was found dead in the Remuera home she shared with her husband.

But authorities cannot say how often it happens.

A fight involving a number of people had started at a nearby house and spilled onto the road.

Police say many of the racers travelled in from out of the district to take part in street racing.

The fire was the largest of dozens across the country that have burned more than two million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

A member of the Church of Almighty God, which has been branded by Chinese media as "the most dangerous cult" and allegedly linked to numerous violent crimes, has been granted refugee status.

The 43-year-old pop star was detained in New York for running a stop sign and failing to stay on the right side of the road.