Police have been stopping drivers on Whanganui River Road, as part of their investigation into the disappearance of Brett Hall.

A man who sent a malicious letter to the mother of the widow of slain Feilding farmer Scott Guy has been sentenced.

The last time police were looking for Brett Hall, they discovered a drug-dealing empire.

Up to 80 personnel are searching rough country for missing man Brett Hall.

Two lower North Island schools burned overnight, amid fears a copycat arsonist is on the loose.

Police are canvassing along a rural Wanganui road for information on missing Palmerston North man Brett Hall. He has not been seen since last Tuesday and the police are now treating his disappearance as a homicide.

The mother and son of a missing Palmerston North man have made an emotional plea for information on his whereabouts amid rising suspicion his disappearance is the result of a homicide.

The man facing trial for killing Marice McGregor in April last year says he wasn't relying on her for money, even though his business cash book recorded no cash sales in an 18-month period.

Searchers have begun their sixth day of looking for Palmerston North man Brett Hall who has not been seen for more than a week.

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A High Court jury in Whanganui has heard that the man accused of murdering sickness beneficiary Marice McGregor will take the stand, and that there is no blood or DNA evidence linking him to the crime.