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A 20-year-old man has been taken into custody and both the child and the man required medical treatment.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. Senior police officials and a bomb-detection squad reached the site and began examining the circumstances that led to the blast

Police say a 20-year-old man being held in custody was not known to the young victim.

Police say a man is in custody after the "isolated incident", and there is no ongoing risk to the public.

Police said the Serious Crash unit has been advised

His mother says Cpl. Liam Keane kept running into the deadly fire to save fellow soldiers until his own injuries overtook him.

Emergency services were called to the Waikato home about 4.30am.

Candles have been lit at homes and community gatherings around Australia to support independent MP Helen Haines, who remains in critical condition after being struck by a car.

Phil Haines says his wife's road to recovery will be "long and difficult" after days of surgery at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital following Monday's attack.

The Canterbury knobbled weevils were thought be extinct before they were rediscovered in the early 2000s, and now more than 200 of the tiny creatures have been released in a secret location.