The resignation of Auckland War Memorial Museum director Dr Vanda Vitali has brought calls for her museum trust board bosses to be dismissed.

Dr Vanda Vitali, the Auckland museum director whose actions drew the Hillary family into a bitter public battle, has resigned.

Firefighters were this evening still dampening down hotspots after a major fire at an Auckland lighting firm opposite St Lukes shopping Mall.

Auckland Museum director Vanda Vitali, and the museum trust board are embroiled in a performance dispute.

Five school students who tearfully apologised to war veterans for worshipping Nazi symbols will now teach museum visitors about the Nazis' atrocities.

A group of students will apologise to staff at the Auckland War Memorial Museum and explain why they were saluting before Nazi symbols.

A group of students are facing disciplinary action after photos of them bowing down in front of Nazi regalia appeared on Facebook.

Sir Edmund Hillary's children say they may publish some of his diaries and family papers.