UPDATED 11.04AM: Police have just revealed it was a baby and a woman who died in a house fire southeast of Taupo early this morning.

One man remains in a critical condition at Waikato Hospital following the fire.

The blaze broke out at 3am at a house at a dairy farm in Rangitaiki.

A woman who was hurt in the fire has been assessed and treated at the hospital and is expected to be discharged shortly.

Another man has been discharged.