Fire gutted a home and wrecked two cars in the Auckland street John Key once described as a dead-end place.

A house fire at a property in Otaki was deliberately lit while the occupants were away on holiday, police say.

A Wellington man has been found guilty of setting fire to a storage facility, destroying millions of dollars worth of property.

Fire destroyed a couple's newly renovated home and their rare sports car when it ripped through the two-storey house.

Fire crews are fighting a "well involved" house fire in Stanmore Bay on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, north of Auckland.

Animals scurried for cover as a blaze ripped through scrub near Rotorua Airport -- one of three big blazes to keep firefighters in the North Island busy this weekend.

A fire broke out at the TVNZ headquarters in central Auckland this morning.

The fire at TVNZ headquarters has now been extinguished, and fans are being used to ventilate the building.

A large fire has destroyed a farm house on Great Barrier Island after it was spotted by off-duty Fire Service staff staying at a hotel on the island.

A man has been arrested following a house fire north of Wellington this morning, which is being treated as a domestic incident.

The owners of 200 storage units lost everything when a Wellington facility became the target of an arson, a court was told today.

The trial for the man who is accused of setting a Wellington storage facility on fire, destroying millions of dollars worth of property, has started in the High Court

Smoke alarms are not most people's idea of a Christmas present, but the Fire Service wants us to think about them anyway.

Ten Kiwis have died in house fires this year where working smoke alarms hadn't been installed.

The 18-month-old toddler injured when his Mount Wellington home went up in flames on Saturday remains in a critical condition in Middlemore Hospital.

A toddler revived by firefighters after being pulled from his burning home is fighting for his life in Middlemore Hospital.

Heroic neighbours have told how a family formed a human chain to pass children to safety from a second-storey window at a house fire in Auckland yesterday morning.

Fire Service bosses are seeking law changes making it compulsory for rental properties to have smoke alarms installed and maintained.

A baby is in a critical condition following a house fire in Mount Wellington this morning.

Mourners are today gathering to farewell two of the three young people who died in a fierce Hamilton house fire last week.

Emergency services were called to the house in Malone Road Mount Wellington and found it "well ablaze".

The families of three house fire victims are "horrified" that gatherings intended to pay respects to their loved ones have turned violent.

Greg Johnston's life was shattered the moment he received a phone call to say his little sister was unaccounted for in a devastating house fire.

The head of fire investigations in the country says the recent spike in fatal house fires has "no rhyme or reason".

The family of Hamilton fire victim Toni Maree Johnston has described her as an infectious and fun-loving young woman at a press conference this afternoon.