If you’re considering either vacationing or emigrating to New Zealand spare a thought first for the people who have to live there, and the impact it will have on them. New Zealand’s fragile infrastructure (resident pop. only 4.4 million) is under pressure from the effect a modest 9 % rise in tourism numbers this year…
11 December update: Radio NZ is reporting that a forest fire that started yesterday afternoon near the Wairau Valley township has destroyed 750 hectares of pine trees. 14 aircraft and 60 firefighters started working on putting out the blaze at 6am today and say it will take “many days” to bring it under control.…
Tourists are advised to stay away from large tracts of Marlborough forest as huge forest wildfire rages out of control. Update 29 Nov 2015: After 5 days the 450 hectare forest fire is still blazing and has yet to be brought under control. Fire crews are exhausted and the blaze has taken up over 500…
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