One person is dead after a house fire in South Auckland overnight.
Emergency services were called to the address on Pamir Rd in Papatoetoe at 3.25am, northern fire communications shift manager Jaron Phillips said.
One person was found dead but at least one other person escaped the blaze unharmed, he said.
The fire broke out in a bedroom.
Mr Phillips said the fire was under control by 4.30am and police and fire safety officers were on site.