One child suffered burns in the face and the other in the stomach in the fire in Auckland.

Trees are in flames in Brighton, near Dunedin, after a controlled burn spread. Source: ODT

Counties Manukau fire safety officers are investigating the blaze of a large house near Mangatawhiri this morning.

Emergency services are working to extinguish a blaze in an industrial building in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie.

He said up to nine fire engines were on site at the incident's peak, but only two are still there.

Six fire crews and a helicopter are battling a large forestry fire in North Canterbury.

The man who died after a fire destroyed a hunters hut in Southland has been named by Police.

A man is believed to be dead after a fire destroyed a remote hunters hut in Southland.

Two people have been injured after a fire broke out at a meat processing plant in Te Aroha.

Police said his mother rescued him just in time, seconds from more serious injury.

A large Christchurch fire is being brought under control with those families evacuated as a precaution now back in their homes.

A change in the weather has given firefighters battling a blaze in rural Marlborough a slight reprieve today.

A blaze that ripped through a holiday home in Turangi overnight is being treated as suspicious.

A man was hospitalised after being rescued from a house fire in Whanganui.

The Prime Minister says he has spoken to his son after it emerged Max Key was among hundreds of Kiwis evacuated from a Fijian resort.

Firefighters are still battling a forest fire that has engulfed a valley in rural Marlborough.

Already stretched firefighters have been battling a second blaze in Marlborough today - but the smaller forest fire has been brought under control.

Firefighters are continuing to fight a major blaze in Marlborough as hot weather and strong winds add to their concerns.

Firefighters battling a large blaze in Marlborough are trying to make the most of a calm period before high winds whip through the area.

An investigation will begin shortly, after firefighters were called to a suburban building fire at 4am today.

Five of the 24 houses in the Waikakaho Valley have been evacuated by Police.

Initially it was thought a child was unaccounted for, but it was later confirmed all the kids from the house were safe.

Firefighters were called out to a rubbish fire in Papakura this afternoon at a site used by the Presbyterian Church.

Crews from three fire trucks are battling the blaze.

A teenage girl suffered burns in a fire in Taihape this evening.

No one was injured in the fire.

Four suspicious hedge fires overnight are being investigated by Timaru police.

A major fire has damaged a Christchurch home this afternoon.

A suspected firebug built up piles of kindling across an urban park before lighting two blazes this morning, a firefighter says.