Mental health patient guilty of arson

A young man will now be sentenced for lighting several fires in coastal community.

A young man appeared in court after an elderly woman woke to find her house being torched.

Two letterboxes and a hedge have also been set alight in the past few hours.

A man was found by the burning vehicle with serious head injuries and burns.

Police hunting arsonists after seven suspicious fires in four weeks.

Man now appealing arson conviction - saying it will restrict his career.

The most likely cause was that the wildfire was deliberately lit, say fire investigators.

Second arsonist jailed for plot to torch West Auckland business.

Suspicious fire destroys gear and equipment at rugby club.

The identity of the man has been suppressed due to threatening behaviour on social media.

Woman charged with arson after two houses burn down in as many nights.

The 500-year-old Grade 1 listed mansion was gutted in the fire.

No one was home when fire broke out in an Invercargill home and now it's being treated as arson.

Arsonists leave $40,000 bill after setting fire to slides in children's playground.

A Northland man has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of arson and elected to have a jury trial. Andrew Lee Searle, 20, of Te Kopuru

A fire at a house in Hamilton was started by a group of "drunk hooligans", according to the Fire Service.

Police would like to speak to two young men who stopped to assist as they were driving past the house and saw flames.

Police are investigating a burglary and arson that happened in a Christchurch bar yesterday morning.

A fire which burned through 100ha of hillside near Arthur's Pass last week and four more fires on Saturday are suspected to be the work of an arsonist.

A 20-year-old Kaipara man is appearing in the Whangarei District Court today on one charge of arson.

A fire fighting helicopter pilot had an unexpected passenger hitch a ride in his monsoon bucket on Monday.

Auckland and Bay of Plenty worst hit, but authorities say reduction efforts have worked.

After extensive fire damage the Greymouth fishing boat Te Aroha has risen from the ashes and is back trawling off the West Coast.

A man obsessed by fire tried to burn down a classroom while on bail for assaulting a 91-year-old woman.

The wildfires that tore through East Tennessee killed 14 people last week and left nearly 150 others injured.

Police suspect arson after six car fires in Christchurch overnight.

A 40-year-old man had been charged with arson after three fires in Dunedin overnight.

The 47-year-old man accused of lighting a number of rubbish bins on fire across Wellington has appeared in court. Robert Mackie

As her fiance celebrated his stag-do, the bride-to-be was being murdered.