Emergency services were called to a property on Trelawney Crescent around 2.30am - and found the person inside.

A scene examination is underway, while Police and Fire and Emergency are working to determine to circumstances of the blaze.

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25 Dec: Two people are injured, and a holiday home's damaged, after a light aircraft crashed into a property on the Coromandel Peninsula

25 Dec: Two people have been badly injured after a car crashed into a tree in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne, early this morning

24 Dec: State Highway One through Northland's Waipu is blocked following a crash - leaving 5 people injured, one seriously

24 Dec: Fire and police investigators are looking into the cause of a fatal house fire in New Plymouth in the early hours of this morning

23 Dec: Police have made four arrests regarding the murder of Bill Maangi in Gisborne

23 Dec: A new system to quickly open the flood prone Wairoa River to the sea is now up and running

23 Dec: Northland police recovered restricted firearms and drugs, and a man was arrested, after he joined a police convoy in his Commodore - complete with flashing lights

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Entertainment:
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International:
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Cricket:
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