The explosion occurred at an isolated rural property in Mahia, about two this morning.

Fire-fighters say the house was well on fire when crews arrived.

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18 Dec: Police are hoping an offender profile will help the public identify the person responsible for a death in Hawke's Bay's Hastings

18 Dec: A person has died in a single vehicle crash south of Flemington in the Hawke's Bay last night

17 Dec: A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to five years and four months jail for threatening a mass stabbing attack, distributing objectionable material and indecent communications

15 Dec: Police have named the two people found dead after a house fire in Manawatu last week

14 Dec: Crews on the ground and in the air are fighting to put out a vegetation fire in rural Whanganui

14 Dec: Hawkes Bay Police are urging the public to keep their homes and vehicles secure - with a spike in the number of diesel thefts in rural Hastings

11 Dec: A Police watchdog report finds officers in Hawke's Bay unlawfully entered a house this year and used unjustified force to arrest a man breaching bail

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