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· November 12, 2025
Source: PSA – Net loss of 169 roles including 46 directly supporting firefighters – 13% of FENZ of non-firefighting staff proposed to go – FENZ cutting spending by $70m/year – 10% of annual budget...
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· November 12, 2025
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 12 November 2025 Source: Department of Conservation and Ngāti Hikairo ki Tongariro The fires began Saturday 8 November and burned nearly 3,000 hectares, severely impacting the...
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· November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency (FENZ) is expected to suggest sweeping changes to its organisation and some jobs to go, but to safeguard firefighters, in a deepseated change...
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· November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Diggers at work at the site of the fire on Tuesday. RNZ/Jimmy Ellingham Combined Fire and Emergency and Department of Conservation crews are continuing to put...
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· November 12, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Tongariro National Park wildfire, as seen from an aircraft on 10 November. Fire and Emergency NZ Experts in using planes and choppers to fight fires...
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· November 11, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Wairarapa’s Northern, Central, and Southern Coasts will move into a restricted fire season from 8am on Wednesday 12 November until further notice. A restricted fire...
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· November 11, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand continues to move from offensive firefighting to patrolling and monitoring the area burnt by the fire in Tongariro National Park,...
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· November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire investigators looking into the blaze in Tongariro National Park are asking for dashcam footage from drivers in the area. Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said it...
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· November 11, 2025
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 11 November 2025 The fire broke out on Saturday 8 November, prompting a joint response from Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) and DOC involving both...
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· November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The main Tongariro track is expected to stay shut until at least next week after devastating wildfire. Recent rain is helping hugely to bring the massive...
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· November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The main Tongariro track is expected to stay shut until at least next week after devastating wildfire. Recent rain is helping hugely to bring the massive...
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· November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Damage caused by the fire. RNZ/Jimmy Ellingham Recent rain is helping hugely to bring the massive Tongariro National Park blaze under control, Fire and Emergency says....
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· November 11, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Drones with thermal imaging equipment have begun checking the flanks of the Tongariro National Park fireground for hotspots. Fire and Emergency’s specialist drone crew completed...
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· November 11, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Favourable conditions on Monday meant the fire appeared to be extinguished. Fire and Emergency NZ Fire and Emergency crews in Tongariro National Park will be back...
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· November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The Tongariro National Park is home to a range of threatened plants, butterflies and moths. Supplied / Max Rayner The Department of Conservation (DOC) says Tongariro...
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· November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Tourist describes ash falling from the sky before he was helicoptered from hut He was then evacuated from Whakapapa Residents in affected area can return home,...
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· November 10, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand A Fire and Emergency observation flight this afternoon has found no visible signs of fire following today’s rainfall. District Commander Nigel Dravitzki says the rain...
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· November 10, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Conditions on the fireground in the Tongariro National Park have improved significantly today. Fire and Emergency District Commander Nigel Dravitzki says that steady rain and...
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· November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A huge wildfire in Tongariro National Park is expected to have significant impacts on biodiversity. The large fire on the Central Plateau broke out on Saturday...
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· November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters continue to battle the Tongariro National Park wildfire. Fire and Emergency People living near the Tongariro National Park fire are being warned to take extra...
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· November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The owner of a lodge near Tongariro National Park, says areas of the land have been reduced to ash by a raging wildfire spreading more than...
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· November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A person has been critically injured in fiery crash between a milk tanker and ute that closed a state highway in Canterbury....
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· November 10, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Conditions are misty in the Tongariro National Park this morning, which has helped limit the growth of the fire overnight. All aircraft are grounded because...
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· November 10, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Andrew Johnstone Storm-hit farmers are tired, cold and cut off from communications More support hubs are being set up Rural Support Trust says focus...
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· November 9, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Whakapapa Village is being evacuated as a precaution due to the fire in the Tongariro National Park. Thirty six people who live in the village...
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· November 9, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The air attack on the Tongariro National Park fire will continue until twilight, when aircraft will be grounded for the night. Fire and Emergency NZ...
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· November 9, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Precautionary evacuations of five facilities in the vicinity of the Tongariro fire are almost complete. They are the Hillary Outdoors Education Centre, the Maungatepopo School...