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First Responders – Wellington diesel spill final update
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have left the scene of a large diesel spill in Wellington. Crews were first alerted to the incident at...
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Tonga’s Cabinet line-up announced for new parliament term
Source: Radio New Zealand Lord Fakafanua receives appointment confirmation from King Tupou VI at the Royal Palace in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. 18 December 2025 Tonga Prime Minister’s Office The inner circle...
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Weather: State highway reopens, evacuees return as East Coast recovers from heavy rain
Source: Radio New Zealand Julia Sudnitskaya / 123RF State Highway 35 at Tolaga Bay has reopened to one lane and is expected to be fully reopened by mid-morning. Flooding on...
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Weather: Dozens evacuated after heavy rain on the North Island’s East Coast
Source: Radio New Zealand Julia Sudnitskaya / 123RF Tolaga Bay Civil Defence is cooking breakfast for the evacuees who have spent the night at the Area School’s gymnasium. State Highway...
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Large tree falls on house in Auckland suburb during thunderstorm
Source: Radio New Zealand A large tree fell on a house during a thunderstorm. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Fire and Emergency says a large tree has fallen onto a home...
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Lightning strike sets fire to Auckland house
Source: Radio New Zealand A lightning strike was the cause of a house fire in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn. Unsplash/ Rahul Viswanath A lightning strike set fire to...
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Fire and Emergency receives 15 calls for help during strike
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Members of the NZ Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) walked off the job for an hour at midday on Friday. The union said...
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Fire and Emergency NZ Statement – NZPFU members will strike today – be extra careful
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging people and businesses in cities and towns to remain extra careful when members of the New Zealand Professional...
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‘Take care’: Firefighters walking off job for one hour, delays expected
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Members of the NZ Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) will walk off the job for an hour at midday on Friday. The union...
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New Year’s Honours – Fire and Emergency honours recipients congratulated
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand Board Chair Rebecca Keoghan congratulates seven personnel, both paid and volunteer, from Ashburton, Leeston, Amberley, Napier, Wairoa, Te Aroha and...
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Naturing countdown – our top stories of 2025
Source: NZ Department of Conservation It’s been a big year for nature! We take a look back and count down some of the biggest naturing stories from 2025… 10: New...
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2026 New Year Honours: Seven New Zealanders named Knights and Dames
Source: Radio New Zealand Professor Graham Le Gros, Coral Shaw, Dorothy Spotswood and Scott Dixon are four of the seven being named Dames and Knights. RNZ Seven new Knights and...
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New Year Honours 2026 – the full list
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/ Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Here is the full list of everyone receiving a 2026 New Year Honour: Dame Companions of the New...
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A history of New Zealand’s wildfires – and what’s to come
Source: Radio New Zealand The Port Hills fire on 14 February 2024. Stuff / Kai Schwoerer Off the back of two devastating wildfires in Tongariro National Park, the country is...
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Power outages, heavy rain and strong gales as wild weather heads south
Source: Radio New Zealand Campers at Totaranui Abel Tasman National Park had a near miss when a tree came down on some of their tents. They had moved into a...
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Live weather updates: Tents destroyed, trees down in heavy winds
Source: Radio New Zealand The roof of an unoccupied home in the Auckland suburb of Hillsborough came off in high winds and scattered debris down the road. RNZ / Kim...
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Weather: Tents destroyed, trees down in heavy winds
Source: Radio New Zealand Campground managers in the North Island are hoping for sunnier weather leading up to New Year’s. Ruth Kuo Wild weather battered much of the North Island...
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Vehicle rescues in central Auckland face delays after engine crash, firefighters’ union says
Source: Radio New Zealand The fire engine involved in the crash was a what is known as a pump rescue tender (file image). RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Professional Firefighters...
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First Responders – NZPFU calls off its strike today
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand National Commander Megan Stiffler says it is a positive development that the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union has called off...
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NZPFU members will strike today – be extra careful
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand is urging people and businesses in cities and towns to remain extra careful when members of the New Zealand Professional...
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Paid firefighters call off planned Boxing Day strike
Source: Radio New Zealand Volunteer firefighters will respond to 111 calls during the strike hour. RNZ / Alexander Robertson The Professional Firefighters’ Union has decided to stop Boxing Day’s one-hour...
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Paid firefighters to briefly strike on Boxing Day
Source: Radio New Zealand Volunteer firefighters will respond to 111 calls during the strike hour. RNZ / Alexander Robertson Fire and Emergency will be relying on volunteer crews to fight...
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Rockfall blocks state highway
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. 123RF Rockfall has been causing disruption on the roads around Arthur’s Pass between Canterbury and the West Coast. Fire and Emergency says it responded...
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Aeroplane crashes into house in Pauanui
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/ Paul Baker A small plane has crashed into a house in the holiday hotspot of Pauanui, on the Coromandel Peninsula. Police said about 9:10am on...
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Residents return home after Hawke’s Bay blaze
Source: Radio New Zealand A firefighter extinguishing hotspots at the Fernhill fire on Tuesday. Supplied / FENZ Residents who evacuated due to a scrub fire near the Hawke’s Bay village...
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One dead after Christmas Eve fire in New Plymouth
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon One person has died after a house fire in New Plymouth early on the morning of Christmas Eve. Emergency services were called...
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Person found deceased after fire, New Plymouth
Source: New Zealand Police One person has been located deceased following a house fire in New Plymouth overnight. Emergency services were called to a property on Trelawney Crescent around 2:30am...