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.…
Who knew that New Zealand had an arson season. Perhaps Wainuiomata isn’t such a great place to be a kid if they’ve nothing better to do than burn down their schools? 8 February 2016 There is currently a large fire burning at Hokitika High School Yeah, Westland High School fire is not 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…
Our sympathies go out to a young family who lost all their belongings in a house fire and who were then slapped with a $200,000 insurance bill for the damage. The couple, Toni Mita and Ngatoa Ngauru are in their early 20s and have two small children. Caught in a poverty trap and unable to…
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