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.

Misguided arson attempt lands man in jail for a year.

Mental health patient guilty of arson

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.

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.

Man jailed for two years was under no supervision when setting fire to Dunedin bar.

Suspicious fire destroys gear and equipment at rugby club.

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.

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.

A 20-year-old Kaipara man is appearing in the Whangarei District Court today on one charge of arson.

A fire fighting helicopter pilot had an unexpected passenger hitch a ride in his monsoon bucket on Monday.

Auckland and Bay of Plenty worst hit, but authorities say reduction efforts have worked.

After extensive fire damage the Greymouth fishing boat Te Aroha has risen from the ashes and is back trawling off the West Coast.

A man obsessed by fire tried to burn down a classroom while on bail for assaulting a 91-year-old woman.