A trial for the alleged kidnapping has begun in Wellington this morning.

Teenage arsonist jailed for crime committed while on bail for assault and knife threats.

Two young men have been charged with torching several buildings in South Auckland.

Police have not ruled out the possibility of further arrests.

A top architect has won an appeal against his conviction which he said impacted his career

Two days after an arsonist set the playground on fire, the school was burgled.

Fire at popular playground latest in spate around suburban Hastings.

A man has been charged with murder after two people were found dead in a burning house.

Two alleged attacks and a second arson at Riverslea School are being investigated.

A young man will now be sentenced for lighting several fires in coastal community.

A young man appeared in court after an elderly woman woke to find her house being torched.

Two letterboxes and a hedge have also been set alight in the past few hours.

A man was found by the burning vehicle with serious head injuries and burns.

Police hunting arsonists after seven suspicious fires in four weeks.

Man now appealing arson conviction - saying it will restrict his career.

The most likely cause was that the wildfire was deliberately lit, say fire investigators.

Second arsonist jailed for plot to torch West Auckland business.

Police source says fire that killed young mum and newborn was deliberately lit.

The identity of the man has been suppressed due to threatening behaviour on social media.

Woman charged with arson after two houses burn down in as many nights.

The 500-year-old Grade 1 listed mansion was gutted in the fire.

No one was home when fire broke out in an Invercargill home and now it's being treated as arson.

Arsonists leave $40,000 bill after setting fire to slides in children's playground.

A Northland man has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of arson and elected to have a jury trial. Andrew Lee Searle, 20, of Te Kopuru

A fire at a house in Hamilton was started by a group of "drunk hooligans", according to the Fire Service.

Police would like to speak to two young men who stopped to assist as they were driving past the house and saw flames.

A Northland man has been charged with lighting 10 fires in the Kaipara area that have destroyed areas of conservation land and a forest

Christchurch police are investigating two incidents in the city, the latest was when a man entered a tavern yesterday with a sawn-off shotgun.

Police are investigating a burglary and arson that happened in a Christchurch bar yesterday morning.

A fire which burned through 100ha of hillside near Arthur's Pass last week and four more fires on Saturday are suspected to be the work of an arsonist.