
Hostel fire: Hearse arrives as police recover two bodies
The probe into the suspected arson is in its third day, total deaths remain unconfirmed.
The probe into the suspected arson is in its third day, total deaths remain unconfirmed.
The woman said she moved her brother out of the hostel as soon as she could.
FENZ CEO Kerry Gregory has addressed equipment failings in the wake of the fatal fire.
Inspector Dion Bennett, Acting Wellington District Commander, says police are expecting to recover the first bodies from the Loafers Lodge fire today. Video / George Heard
If not for the courage of firefighters, Loafers Lodge death toll would have been higher.
Focus Live:Fire and Emergency provide update on Loafers Lodge fire. Video / NZ Herald
Police work through list of suspects after Loafers Lodge fire, violent Ferry building attack stokes crime fears and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in paparazzi car chase but why not everyone’s buying it in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
At least six bodies have been found, and there are fewer than 20 people unaccounted for.
Rules around sprinklers aren’t the only area of our building legislation to worry about.
Director of Loafers Lodge, Greg Mein, talks to media. Video / NZ Herald
Police have launched a homicide inquiry after the fatal fire in Wellington.
The fallout continues from the tragic Loafers Lodge fire in Wellington, local government expert says sack all Gore councillors after Mayor survives and police surround house in Rānui as person barricades themselves inside in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
A fire at the Loafers Lodge in Wellington has claimed the lives of several residents and displaced over 50. Video / NZ Herald
Trauma setting in for horror fire's survivors.
Worry about NZ buildings: "Life-saving measures lacking cause a risk to life. I despair."
11 people are still missing, 52 people rescued from the building on Adelaide Rd.
Firefighters rushed to a two-storey house on Maungawhau Road in Epsom Tuesday morning. Video / Carson Bluck
Fifty-two people were rescued from the building on Adelaide Street.
Authorities say there is a potential asbestos risk with the fire-damaged building.
FENZ Deputy National Commander Brandan Nally gives an update on the Wellington hostel blaze where up to ten people may have died. Video / Mark Mitchell
PM Chris Hipkins, local MP Grant Robertson and Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau speak at the scene of the fatal Loafers Lodge hostel fire in Newtown. Video / Mark Mitchell
'Whatever people said about that building, it was our home' - hostel resident
Multiple people dead after large fire breaks out in Wellington hostel, Gore Mayor Ben Bell to learn his fate in a vote of no confidence and no charges laid yet in Ruakākā double homicide in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
The discovery has shut down air filling at Auckland City's fire station.
A woman in her 30s was found with burns at a Napier address.
Police have been called into investigate the suspicious blazes.
Elim principal Murray Burton has endured tragedy before when he lost six of his own students and a teacher in the Mangatepopo river, now he has reached out to Whangārei High School following Tuesday's disaster. Video / NZ Herald
The university says it's 'deeply saddened' by the triple-fatal crash.
Body of missing student recovered from caves, what’s in store weather-wise after another day of heavy rain and why the government could change the law for the Rugby World Cup in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
'None of us had been to anything that major in recent times.'