The fire on Kawau Island, northeast of Auckland, has turned out to be not as bad as first thought.

Home video appears to show a pair of cops taking a selfie as fire engulfs a home behind them.

Ten Fire Service trucks are on their way to the scene.

A Fire Service spokesman said they are heading to the boat near Mabel Island together with Coastguard.

At least one bach has been destroyed and other properties are being evacuated after fire broke out on Kawau Island tonight.

Three houses are no longer under threat from a spreading gorse fire in Mangatangi, Waikato.

Fonterra's Takanini building is filled with smoke - 30 firefighters are currently on the ground.

Emergency services are battling a scrub fire in Gisborne.

A Morrinsville family remain homeless after fire ripped through their home just after Christmas. The McRaes are now having to look

Daughter makes a heartfelt tribute to her mother at the funeral of three family members who died in a tragic house fire just before Christmas.

Firefighters are battling a blaze at a scrap metal yard in Silverdale, north of Auckland, this morning.

The funeral for the three family members killed in a Flat Bush house fire will be held in Manukau today.

Police are investigating complaints about a social media appeal for a Morrinsville family who lost everything in a house fire.

A teen and her three young brothers have been gassed to death by a lethal pesticide sprayed under their Texas home.

Neighbours of a Hamilton house on fire woke the sleeping family in time to escape with their lives.

Exactly what caused a huge bush fire in Northland is still being investigated. Several fire crews and two helicopters were needed

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

The Auckland man who lost three family members in a horrific house fire last month is still critically injured and will not be able

A Mexican restaurant in Hamilton's CBD has been damaged by fire early today.

A woman is in a serious condition after suffering severe burns to 25 per cent of her body in a car fire.

Firefighters in Kaiapoi, North of Christchurch, are attending a large blaze near the Waimakariri River this afternoon.

The fire burning in Matai in the Far North is no longer a threat to people or their homes.

Five helicopters with monsoon buckets have been dispatched to the Far North in a bid to bring a large scrub fire under control.

New Year's Eve fireworks are believed to have sparked a fire on Mt Wellington's volcanic cone - and in the Far North where buildings and campers were also under threat.

The Fire Service is responding to multiple reports of a grass fire in Christchurch.

A funeral will be held for an Auckland man's son, wife and mother-in-law this week after a house fire claimed their lives and left

Fire crews are rushing to a scrub fire at Peria, just south of Mangonui in the Far North.

Firefighters are battling three scrub fires near Blenheim this afternoon.

The Department of Conservation is sending in helicopters this morning to deal with the remnants of a bush fire on the Coromandel.

Firefighters responding to reports of smoke at a multi-storey building are using thermal imaging cameras to find the source.