The widow of Feilding farmer Scott Guy, whose murder remains unsolved five months on, has issued a heartfelt plea for her husband's killer to come forward as the family faces its first Christmas without a husband and dad.

Police officer Bruce Mellor, who was viciously attacked with a machete at the weekend, is steadily improving.

David Bourke was today jailed for shooting dead his brother.

Two youths were remanded in custody when they appeared in Wanganui District Court today after a police officer was brutally attacked with a machete over the weekend.

The Police Minister will meet the Police Commissioner today to discuss a report on whether to give officers easier access to firearms following the brutal machete attack on a policeman on Saturday morning.

A police officer who was brutally attacked with a machete on Saturday morning has been overwhelmed by messages of support from workmates and the public, police say.

Two trainee officers at Linton Army Camp were caught with a haul of 210 ecstasy tablets.

A seven-year-old girl who went missing in Palmerston North last night has been found safe and well, police say.

A Whanganui High Court jury has found Rikki Ngatai-Check, who kicked two-year-old Karl Perigo-Check to death, guilty of murder.

A man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a woman hit by a car while picnicking with a friend on the roadside north of Wellington last month.

New Zealand's road to the 2012 London Olympic begins in Adelaide this weekend at the Oceania track championships.