A woman is in a serious condition after suffering severe burns to 25 per cent of her body in a car fire.

A person is in a critical condition in Middlemore Hospital after a car crash south of Auckland this afternoon. Emergency crews were

Five helicopters with monsoon buckets have been dispatched to the Far North in a bid to bring a large scrub fire under control.

Thousands of people witnessed a large scrub fire on Mt Wellington's volcanic cone last night.

A funeral will be held for an Auckland man's son, wife and mother-in-law this week after a house fire claimed their lives and left

Fire crews are rushing to a scrub fire at Peria, just south of Mangonui in the Far North.

The Department of Conservation is sending in helicopters this morning to deal with the remnants of a bush fire on the Coromandel.

Firefighters responding to reports of smoke at a multi-storey building are using thermal imaging cameras to find the source.

Crews from Thames, Turua, Te Puru and Tapu have been called to assist at the blaze.

Firefighters are working in warm conditions to douse the fire at Te Hauke, south of Hastings.

A caretaker's shed and boiler room are on fire at Riverhills Primary School.

A chemical leak which closed part of Napier Port earlier today has now been contained.

A 500sqm vegetation fire near Uretiti Beach DOC campsite, just south of Ruakaka has been contained.

A woman was impaled on a fence post outside an Eden Terrace bar on Wednesday night. She was impaled by the leg near Galbraith's Alehouse

Six fire crews are battling a "well involved" Nelson house fire and searching the property to see if anyone is inside.

Rush hour traffic between Hastings and Napier has been affected by a blaze at a Napier Fertiliser works earlier today.

After five long nights on a cliff edge suffering a broken leg and severe dehydration, cocker spaniel Bluey will soon be home with

Police want to remind Kiwis to keep safe during fireworks season.

One person has been airlifted to hospital after the ute they were in rolled at a beach north of Auckland this afternoon. Emergency

Police and the Fire Service are at a West Auckland cemetery tonight following reports a car within the grounds is on fire.

It wasn't quite the cat-up-a-tree cliche, but it was something near-enough that gave a Wellington fire crew a memorable call-out for the long weekend.

Fire crews are the scene of a house fire in Westport this evening. A spokeswoman for the NZ Fire Service said they were called to

'When the pager went off I didn't read it properly and didn't realise the fire was at our station,' says firefighter.

Whanganui senior firefighter Tanja Grunwald is off to the World Firefighter Combat Challenge in the United States. Made with funding from NZ on Air

Seven suspicious fires have been lit across Wellington in a busy night for police and firefighters.

Emergency services were called to a street in the centre of Taupo after reports of an explosion.

Two fire engines put out a car fire in Palmerston North this evening.

A second fire truck has been deemed off limits by firefighters as union action against faulty vehicles goes nationwide.

A teenager has been taken to hospital after suffering burns while trying to start a fire using petrol.

Firefighters are battling a house fire in Hamilton after they were called to the property.