Watch Kiwi Karl Loo's video of the shocking 30-story apartment complex fire, two blocks from his home, which left 42 dead.

A trackside fire has shut down train services on Auckland's Southern and Eastern line between Otahuhu and Papakura.

Fireworks might legally go on sale only today, but already firefighters have been called to a school blaze deliberately caused by them.

A man who rescued two of his children from a house fire last night was lucky to escape with only burns to his hand, the Fire Service says.

A huge shed at a Northland nursery was destroyed by flames that leapt 40m into the air.