Authorities believe the dog tried to protect the boy.

Details of a house fire in Onehunga where a 6-year-old girl perished and her six siblings survived have been revealed by the Coroner.

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

Passengers who try to carry Samsung Note 7 smartphones on flights will have them confiscated and may face fines in the US.

Qantas and Jetstar have followed suit from other airlines, banning the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices from its aircraft.

Air New Zealand is banning Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices from its aircraft.

The Fire Service is looking at what the conviction of a firefighter on the way to an emergency means for the future.

A car caught mysteriously caught fire in Panmure this morning.

The old Raupunga store burnt to the ground on Thursday morning. Wairoa chief fire officer Grant Duley said they were called to property

Quick-thinking dairy farmer uses milk to put out a shed fire.

An old railway house at Otira razed by fire early today was not insured.

Firefighters are on their way to a major warehouse near Auckland Airport.

Two homes in remote areas of Canterbury have been destroyed by fire overnight.

A man charged with arson after a house fire in the Dunedin suburb of Concord will apply for bail tomorrow.

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

A boy has been rushed to hospital with serious burns from fireworks tonight.

Firefighters were tonight battling a blaze in a Christchurch building that was threatening neighbouring buildings.

A judge has told a Christchurch man, who burned his father's house after abusing methamphetamine, that he was lucky to be alive.

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

A fire at a block of Otara units is "well-involved", a fire service spokesman says.

Children were caught setting fire to astro turf at a South Wairarapa school this afternoon.

Sean Hay and John Wallace could be in the middle of a maths class one minute and fighting a fire the next. The Kamo High School 17-year

A family escaped a blaze in their two-storey Greymouth home.

An iPhone owner says his 6sPlus phone began smoking before exploding as he and his baby lay just centimetres away.

Firefighters are battling a large house fire north of Auckland this evening.

A much-loved firefighter and top surf lifesaver who died tragically in Hawaii is being remembered for heroic efforts saving scores of swimmers from drowning.

A man has suffered burns after causing a "steam explosion" in Upper Hutt. Police attended the incident at the request of ambulance

A timber house on Raurimu Rd in the Central North Island settlement has burned to the ground.

Power has been restored to more than 2000 homes after a transformer in Auckland exploded.