Twelve fire crews were called to a blaze at a south Auckland church this afternoon.

Brad Chapman said he would never forgive Tonya Bennett for setting fire to his Pukekohe home knowing his mother was asleep upstairs.

A teenager who admitted murdering a mother-of-three by setting her house alight was today jailed for a minimum of 11 and a half years.

A south Auckland liquor store was gutted by fire when a stolen car was driven into the building early this morning.

A 28-year-old North Shore man has appeared in court over the murder of Jacqueline Blackbourn in a house fire last month.

A large fire has gutted the offices of an iwi authority in Napier this afternoon.