Hawke's Bay has had its driest January since 1950, according to MetService records for that month. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A video posted by the Russian Emergency Ministry captures firefighters saving about 150 pigs and piglets from a barn fire in a Siberian village.

Nails, staples and glass are being left on the beach from fires lit from pellets. Photo/George Novak 220117gn05bop.JPG After finding

Authorities continue their investigations to find out the exact cause of a huge fire that destroyed several homes on the Coromandel Peninsula this week.

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

Climate change scientists have projected continued global greenhouse gas emissions would heat Northland heat up more than other regions

Fire investigators are unable to work out what started a house fire that has now claimed four lives.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

A firefighter appeared drunk and others could not demonstrate basic critical skills during an audit, an official report says.

The forecasted weather bomb has seen a change in wind direction at the scene of the massive bush fire south of Whitianga.

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

The Hakarimata Track is not in danger from the fire, but remains closed this morning.

At least six properties were destroyed - but there was no loss of life during the Whitianga bushfire. And locals say they know it could have been much worse. Made with funding from NZ On Air

At least six properties were destroyed - but there was no loss of life during the Whitianga bushfire. And locals say they know it could have been much worse. Made with funding from NZ On Air

A Dunedin man who burned down his family home four days after his marriage fell apart has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

They described it as explosive, extreme and rampant; and tonight the wildfire that cost residents of an idyllic Whitianga peninsula their homes is burning on.

Coromandel MP Scott Simpson on the damage caused by a devastating fire, which destroyed at least six homes. The Wilderland Sustainable Community was hit hard - with buildings, equipment and crops destroyed. Made with funding from NZ On Air

Valiant effort by neighbours not enough to save homes of shocked Whitianga locals.

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 person is injured and homes threatened during an overnight house fire.

A vegetation fire is burning out of control on a sandspit at the bottom of the South Island.

A large vegetation fire that came within five metres of a new Blenheim subdivision and forced the evacuation of 60 homes was deliberately lit, authorities have confirmed.

Crews battling a suspicious vegetation fire near Blenheim are facing challenging conditions.

A bush fire which threatened homes near Blenheim this afternoon is being treated as suspicious.

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

A blaze near Arthur's Pass has flared up again, almost one week after it first broke out.

Staff have been evacuated from a Countdown supermarket at Warkworth north of Auckland, because of a chemical leak.

A property has been extensively damaged after a house fire near Westport on Friday night.

Police are confident a white van seen in the area did not cause the blaze. They are now looking for a dark coloured station wagon.

The fire near Queenstown which destroyed 150ha of native scrub was likely caused by a campfire, authorities have found.