One dead after Masterton tractor and motorcycle crash
The Manawatū rescue helicopter transported one person to hospital.
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Focus: 10 families left homeless after fire
Folau Vunipola’s family were one of 10 families left homeless after their homes were destroyed by fire in Mangere last week. Video / Alex Burton
Family desperate to find a home after losing everything in blaze
The Vunipola family are looking for a house after a fire destroyed their home in Māngere.
Aramoana house fire suspected arson
An investigation into a suspicious house fire in Aramoana, near Dunedin, is taking place.
'We’ve done everything we can to find the right buyer': Pacific Helmets changes hands
"... I’m not going to be carted out of the office on a gurney if I can help it."
Massey High School closed following fire in science block overnight
Firefighters were first called at 11.15pm.
Likely cause of Whanganui recycling centre fire revealed
The fire acts as a reminder to people to recycle their batteries correctly.
'Absolutely chilling': Maungatapu home engulfed in flames within minutes - witnesses
Phil and Chontelle Strang saw the blaze from their kitchen window.
Māngere residents urged to check alarms after fourth property fire in three weeks
"This is just tragic stuff, especially coming up to the festive season."
'We don't know why': No smoke alarms in housing destroyed in Māngere blaze
Eighteen people homeless after fire ripped through temporary housing.
Tests reveal no sign of asbestos at site of Māngere Bridge fire
Five homes were razed in the early-morning fire and their age raised fears of asbestos.
Focus: Houses destroyed in Māngere Bridge fire
People evacuated from the blaze in Māngere Bridge took shelter in the nearby Tongan church. Video / NZ Herald / Ben Dickens / Jason Dorday
'We just got up and ran': Victims fled for their lives as Auckland fire ripped through homes
Community leaders are amazed no lives were lost.
Asbestos fears close school, evacuees shelter in church after major Auckland fire
Five structures have been completely destroyed in the blaze.
Multiple houses on fire in Māngere Bridge
Homes were evacuated in the early hours of Thursday morning as a massive fire engulfed several buildings. Video / NZ Herald
Holes in the walls, a bin blaze burning for hours and children: Inside Spa Lodge
Revealed: The fire report that led to a backpackers' being deemed a dangerous building.
Thirteen fire appliances tackling blaze at Auckland refuse station
Police and 13 fire appliances are attending an incident on the North Shore.
Onerahi bush fire deliberately lit, says investigator
The 100m x 50m vegetation fire was reported before midnight last night.
Fires started at North Shore church twice in one night
Arson is suspected to be behind at least one of the fires.
Person injured in Kaikohe house fire started by dryer
A man received minor injuries while escaping the fire at his home.
Emergency bushfire warning as WA braces for heatwave
The Perth blaze was reduced to a watch and act warning on Friday afternoon.
Fire service investigating blaze at vacant house in Auckland
The house is fenced off with windows boarded up and tagging on its front wall.
10 homes destroyed by Perth wildfire burning out of control
The fire began on Wednesday in a pine tree plantation on Perth’s northeast edge.
Woman guilty of murdering father by arson found dead in her cell
Martin murdered her father Ronald Russell Allison in 2013.
'Very lucky': One person injured after explosion in Cambridge
Fire and Emergency New Zealand says a 44-gallon drum exploded.
Firefighting is a family affair: Third-generation officer celebrates 25 years of service
Career Gold Star firefighter following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather.
MPs set off smoke bombs and light fire amid chaotic scenes in Albanian Parliament
Democratic lawmakers lit flares and piled chairs in protest of the governing Socialists.
Car engulfed by flames on Waikato Expressway
All occupants were out of the way when it went up in flames. Video / Supplied
South Auckland firefighters extinguish blaze that engulfed a block of seven flats
Three fire trucks and one aerial truck attended the fire on Massey Rd, Māngere East.
'Arson is the easiest thing in the world', woman accused of fatal house fire tells undercover cop
Evidence shows the fire started from a pot of hot oil left on an element.
Two out-of-control scrub fires keep South Island crews busy
A large vegetation fire is burning on the Port Hills, near the tunnel to Lyttelton.
Investigation launched after 13 firefighting crews called to overnight blaze in Tokoroa
Firefighters remain at the scene today.