Four buildings were on fire and several people unaccounted for in a massive blaze that was tearing through properties in central Auckland on Saturday...

Rescuers saved 28 miners who were trapped underground for up to seven hours on Tuesday as smoke from a truck engine fire spread through the gold mine...

A helicopter helping install a Christmas tree on Auckland's waterfront has crashed in dramatic fashion, but the pilot escaped serious injury. Footage...

A team of 9 volunteer Rural Fire Fighters from Fire Rescue New Zealand and the Rodney District Council Rural Fire Authority recently returned from par...

New Zealand authorities said they freed a man stuck like Winnie-the-Pooh in his electric dryer while trying to retrieve a pair of underpants. Senior C...

A popular Australian national park ravaged by the Victorian bushfires has reopened with the help of Kiwi fire experts. The South Island members of a 5...

New Plymouth CIB are calling for the public to help it protect the community after fire bugs put people's lives at risk at the weekend. New Plymouth f...

One day he's helping to fight the Victoria bushfires, beating back flames and dodging falling trees in the searing heat. The next, he's back in the Po...

The firefighters' union says a national review of the fire service could leave Hamilton short of senior people to cope with major blazes. Under the ch...

New Zealand firefighters, battling the Australian bushfires, yesterday stepped in to protect Melbourne's water supply from devastation. The Kiwi crew...