Person dies in house fire south of Christchurch
The person's body was found at the scene by emergency teams.
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It comes a month after a huge blaze that forced the evacuation of more than 100 homes.
Large rubbish fire spreads smokey haze around Hamilton
Emergency services responded to a rubbish fire on Ellis St in Frankton on Thursday.
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Fire crews have battled through the night to contain a house fire in the suburb of Browns Bay on Auckland’s North Shore. Video / Charitha Udugama
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Video from the scene shows the house well ablaze.
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Four of the fires were at residential properties, causing considerable damage.
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The Hastings crash involved a car and a bicycle.
Serious crash in Taranaki overnight, one person critically injured
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Pukekohe packing shed fire: Crews monitoring hotspots
The fire broke out yesterday but was contained within a few hours.
Fire crews find bedroom ablaze in Taupō house
Four fire trucks were sent to the incident on Invergarry Rd.
Large building fire in rural Auckland contained, locals told to keep windows closed
Crews were expecting to remain at the scene for several hours.
Watch: Car bursts into flames on Auckland motorway
Southbound traffic has come to a standstill.
Police tight-lipped on Coromandel crime figures
Police treat questions asked by the HC Post about holiday period crime figures as OIA.
Training exercise: Police ask public to keep away from old Westpac building in Hastings
Spectators are asked to stay away from the old Westpac building during the exercise.
Firefighter injured as ceiling collapses in Hastings home
The senior firefighter was taken to hospital after falling 2.7m in the blaze.
‘Deliberately lit’ scrub fires in Ruakākā taking toll on firefighters
More than 30 firefighters roused from their beds after blazes deliberately lit at 2am.
Two people injured in Otaua scrub fire
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Ruakākā fires doused; Tiwai Pt scrub fire suspected arson; person hurt in house fire
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Supermodel's $11.5m home destroyed in fire
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Pasadena School bus catches fire on way home from camp
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Emergency services respond to a “well-involved” bus fire in Waikato.
Christchurch Port Hills blaze: Fire crews stand ready as final hotspot extinguished
This marks the end of the largest wildfire in Canterbury since 2017.
Multiple crews battle large scrub fire near Whanganui
Two helicopters used monsoon buckets to help tame the large vegetation fire.
Grandmother ‘heartbroken’ after losing everything in Northland house fire
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The fires were reported just after midnight.
Four suspicious fires in Christchurch; Irish pub extensively damaged
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‘Difference between life and death’: Firefighters raise alarm on speed humps slowing crews
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