A third person has died following this morning's house fire on a dairy farm near Taupō.
Emergency services were called to the farm near Rangitaiki just before 3am, with flames visible from kilometres away.
A woman and a toddler were also killed in the blaze and police said a man had since died of his injuries in hospital.
Two others were injured.
The fire had to be fought from the outside before there was a chance of going in, police said.
The house had working smoke alarms.
A scene examination will continue tomorrow.