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Marae engulfed in flames in Northland
Te Uri o Hikihiki Marae at Mokau is engulfed in flames, with firefighters battling the blaze.
Te Uri o Hikihiki Marae at Mokau is engulfed in flames, with firefighters battling the blaze.
An advertising campaign for an energy drink with the slogan "burn on" has been erected around the Qatar mall where NZ triplets died in an horrific fire.
I wouldn't shed a tear if tomorrow's Guy Fawkes celebrations were the last, writes Brian Rudman. It's not the night itself that's the problem, though the Fire Brigade and the hospitals that have to deal with the mishaps might disagree.
The Fire Service reported a relatively quiet night after the first day of fireworks going on sale, but say some fires were started because not enough care was being taken with the colourful explosives.
Hundreds of ACC claims arising from firework injuries are expected in the next few days as New Zealanders let off shop-bought explosives.
A man suffered burns to his arm in one of three suspicious house fires in Christchurch overnight.
A fire broke out at a chicken shed south of Auckland this morning but it is not known whether any birds were inside.
Police will use dental records to identify a man's body found in a farm house south of Auckland which was destroyed by fire last night.
One person is dead after a house fire in Auckland this afternoon.
A fire in Te Puke caused significant damage to a 120 square metre house in the early hours of this morning.
Kiwi firefighters won't be needed to help fight devastating bushfires in New South Wales.
Fire safety crews are investigating a suspicious blaze in the Christchurch suburb of Halswell.
Rescue teams were late yesterday trying to reach a crashed waterbomber that sparked a new blaze in remote bushland south of Sydney, as the major State Mine fire strengthened again and an emergency warning was issued.
As the NSW bushfire emergency enters its seventh day, firefighters are being hampered by lightning strikes which are igniting new blazes.
An Aussie firefighter who slipped and fell into a blazing inferno was unfazed by the close call and, after clambering out, picked up his hose and carried on.
Harry Fuller is showing me around what used to be his family's Blue Mountains home - now just a jumble of rubble and corrugated iron..
Thousands of firefighters are bracing for what is expected to be the worst day of the bushfire crisis in New South Wales as temperatures soar and searing winds return.
New Zealand firefighters are still on standby and waiting to see if under-fire Australian colleagues need their help in battling the raging New South Wales bushfires.
Firefighters are working to link two out-of-control fires burning in the NSW Blue Mountains in an effort to starve them of fuel and prevent a "mega-fire" forming.
With fires still burning across New South Wales, it's time to have a look at the role climate change might have played. Are the conditions we're seeing natural variation, or part of a long term trend?
As firefighters and ordinary residents toil at the black-red coalface of NSW's bushfire crisis, their story of heroism and anguish is being told to the world.
The unique landscape that made disaster inevitable could now help create a megafire engulfing vast areas to the west of Sydney and threatening the outskirts of Australia's biggest city.
New Zealand is likely to send specialist fire fighting personnel soon to help battle the New South Wales bushfires, Prime Minister John Key says.
Firefighters battle bushfires in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, NSW in Australia.