Police have identified the woman found burned to death next to a Huntly road and say her husband - who left NZ with their son on Friday - is a person of 'considerable interest' to their investigation.

A lesbian couple have been targeted by arson and had anti-gay slurs graffitied on their property.

A woman whose body was found burning by a remote Waikato road was alive when she was set on fire.

Police believe they have identified a woman found on fire on Thursday evening, and that an accelerant was used to start the blaze.

Police are tonight still trying to identify a woman whose burning body was on the side of the road in Waikato overnight.

Police are appealing for help identifying the body of a young woman found on fire near Huntly last night.

Fire crews are battling a scrub fire at Rotorua Golf Club, and a helicopter has been brought in to douse the flames.

Terry Jenner feared the worst upon hearing of a suspicious fire in Papakura yesterday.

Fire safety officers are disturbed by what appears to be a growing trend in toddlers starting fires by playing with matches and lighters.

Fire crews battling a scrub fire have evacuated residents at Mangatoetoe.

An 11-year-old boy received serious burns after petrol from a lawnmower exploded in the sleepout where he and a teenager were sleeping.