A resident in a Moscow high-rise made a miraculous escape when she fell 60ft in a bid to escape an enormous blaze.

A house fire in Whanganui this afternoon led emergency services to cordon off a street. Barrack St was cordoned off from Somme Parade

No one was in the apartment at the time of the fire and it was too early to confirm the cause.

A separate fire was also burning near Ormondville in Manawatu.

A significant fire that broke out in a Tauranga plumbing company is now out.

A 400sq m bush blaze is burning beside a rural road near Ashburton.

A grateful community says thanks to the volunteer firefighters who fought the recent blazes in Christchurch.

A Kiwi couple have returned to total destruction after a blaze left their holiday home near Taupo in ashes.

Helicopters will return at dawn to see the damage caused by yesterday's wildfire north of Christchurch.

Arsonists leave $40,000 bill after setting fire to slides in children's playground.

Firefighters are battling a bush fire on Auckland's North Shore.

A man suffering serious injuries is to be flown to hospital after a car fire in Canterbury.

A fire service spokesman said the injured person suffered burns to their arm.

Fire crews have rushed to West Auckland where a shed has gone up in flames.

Christchurch residents are being asked to conserve water while water levels are restored following the Port Hills fires.

It's now thought nobody was home when a Mangakino home went up in flames this morning.

Eleven cordons are still up and 150 firefighters on the ground in Christchurch.

A quick thinking member of the public put out a car fire during the pride parade after an Air New Zealand truck caught fire.

While cordons on the Port Hills have been relaxed, Civil Defence says non-residents are still banned from the area

Hero chopper pilot Steve Askin was a man who valued serving others, father Paul says.

A building at a paintball park south of Auckland that's been gutted by fire will probably have to be demolished.

The thickest thieves ever have burnt an ATM they were trying to rob... And everything inside it.

Amazing aerial footage shows the extent of the fire damage in the Port Hills.

'Nothing suspicious' found after fire razes Long Bay College technology block.

Firefighting operations could continue at Port Hills for up to a month.

Police have been called in to investigate a blaze at a Pakuranga sports bar.

A school already struggling with a tragic start to the year has now lost its technology block to a devastating early morning fire.

People affected by fires may be entitled to free doctor visits.

Burned vegetation clear in satellite images of Christchurch Port Hills.

Firefighters are pulling back from the Worsleys area, as the situation in Christchurch continues to improve.