A "well-involved" farmhouse fire took four hours to extinguish in Hamurana near Rotorua last night.
Four fire trucks and two water tankers were called to the two-storey farmhouse on fire on Flemming Rd, near Rotorua last night.
Emergency services were called at 8.15pm and police were also in attendance.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman said the fire was contained to a section of the house but it was unclear how much of the house was saved.
A spokesman had told the Rotorua Daily Post last night the fire was in a quarter of the roof of the house.
