Dairy giant Fonterra has been given permission to sue the owners of the Tamahere coolstore that exploded in 2008 for $25m worth of cheese that it lost in the blaze. The blast killed one firefighter and injured seven others.

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 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.

Owners of a prized race car used in a NZ film are said to be devastated after the vehicle was destroyed by fire.

The Ministry of Education has stepped in make sure an Auckland primary school, torched by arsonists on Friday, can reopen on time.

A clean-up began yesterday at a primary school left in ruins after a fire swept through a third of its buildings on Friday.

A blaze which "totalled" a block at Auckland's Glendowie Primary School is being investigated as an arson.

A summer boating holiday ended yesterday in a cloud of black smoke and two burned-out shells on the side of the road.

Much of an Auckland primary school was in ruins last night after an intense blaze which created a vast plume of smoke visible from many parts of the city.

The alleged attempted arson of a campervan may have been an "extreme reaction" to freedom camping...

One of NZ's oldest department stores escaped extensive damage when a sprinkler system activated and put out a fire which could have destroyed the building.

Ten fire appliances attended the blaze at the Smith and Caughey building on Auckland's Queen Street.

Thick smoke from a fire in one of Auckland's biggest department stores poured out on to Queen St late last night, shutting major city streets.