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Private investigators looking for an American aviation student missing from Palmerston North for more than a week say he has been found "in good health".

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Jarreth Colquhoun died after saying he could successfully make the jump off a Wellington crane - a belief perhaps fuelled by drugs, a coroner has found.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters says the Israeli pair "actively undermine peace and security", but the US has called sanctions "extremely unhelpful".

Landowners are being told their requests for help conserving precious native land may have to wait, as the QEII National Trust faces a funding crunch.

Police have confirmed an elderly man is dead after a house fire in Upper Hutt overnight.

A cousin of an elderly mental health patient who murdered a pensioner at her Christchurch home believes more could have been done to ensure the man was supported in the community.