Firefighters are battling to contain a bushfire that's destroyed more than 1000 hectares in a New Zealand national park.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand authorities said on Sunday that extra aircraft were being sent to fight an out-of-control wildfire that has burnt...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand authorities said on Sunday that extra aircraft were being sent to fight an out-of-control wildfire that has burnt...

Dozens of hikers, lodges and centres around the national park have been evacuated, while a nearby highway remains closed.

A wildfire has engulfed up to 1,800 hectares (4,448 acres) of New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park since Saturday. No casualties or structural...

A wildfire has engulfed up to 1,800 hectares (4,448 acres) of New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park since Saturday. No casualties or structural...

New Zealand workers are more likely to die than in Australia or the United Kingdom, new research shows.

New Zealand workers are more likely to die than in Australia or the United Kingdom, new research shows.

DOZENS of firefighters are battling a huge industrial blaze that has forced the closure of major tunnels and prompted warnings for football fans to...

Firefighters are continuing to monitor a bushfire near Casuarina Prison in Perth’s south.