A large gorse fire is burning on the outskirts of Hamilton.

Tributes are flowing for a young mum and dad and their baby son who were killed in a house fire.

A scrub fire has taken hold and is spreading, near Kawakawa in the Bay of Islands.

A fire at a house in Hamilton is now being treated as suspicious.

Police have revealed a baby and a woman died in a house fire on a large dairy farm early today.

Woolshed burning in Hawke's Bay.

Fire damage to the mountain bike park above Christchurch is "a lot worse" than originally thought.

Alarm may have been activated following wild weather.

A school that has been hit by fire and three tragic deaths this year has finally got some good news - a $4m repair job for its leaky classrooms.

No one was home when fire broke out in an Invercargill home and now it's being treated as arson.

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.

Large fires near the Hanmer Springs turnoff on the Lewis Pass Rd have brought traffic to a standstill and cut power in the area.

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.

Emergency services are tackling a house fire in Hamilton.

Mike King's appearance at the piggery near Levin helped in the campaign to ban on sow crates.