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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand St Joseph’s School in Ashburton. Google Maps Four people have been taken to hospital, St John ambulance says, after reports of unwell children at an Ashburton...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 17 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 27 February, the fourteenth time the New Zealand Professional...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand St Joseph’s School in Ashburton. Google Maps Hazmat testing has revealed an unknown chemical at an Ashburton primary school after reports of children becoming unwell on...
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· February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dave van Zwanenberg, left, and Craig Stevens. Supplied The wives of two firefighters killed in a landslide during Cyclone Gabrielle have recounted the moment they learned...
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· February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Front line rescue workers say delays in getting police to authorise a helicopter are dangerous. File photo.. SUPPLIED Fire and Emergency (FENZ) has had to be...
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· February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency volunteer Peter Ottley. Supplied Volunteer firefighter Peter Ottley still remembers his world turning upside down. Two weeks after a call out to a fatal bus...
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· February 25, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Firefighters supported by four helicopters have contained and largely suppressed a large grass fire in the Springvale area near Clyde. Fire and Emergency New Zealand...
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· February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency says a large grass fire in Central Otago has now been contained. FENZ was called to a large grass fire that was threatening...
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· February 25, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand firefighters are working to contain a large grass fire at Springvale, near Clyde in Central Otago this evening which is...
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· February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon At least eight houses have been evacuated in Central Otago as a quick moving fire threatens properties. Fire and Emergency says it...
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· February 25, 2026
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 25 February 2026 Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand and Department of Conservation The Agreement covers how the two organisations work together. It includes the fire...
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· February 25, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Palmerston North Area Prevention Manager, Inspector Phil Ward: A water search and rescue operation is currently underway in Palmerston North. At around 11.20pm last...
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· February 25, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the Department of Conservation (DOC) have signed a new three-year Operational Service Agreement. The Agreement covers how the two...
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· February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The crash on Mountain Road in Lepperton was reported at 8.45am on Wednesday. Google Maps Two people are critically injured after the car they were in...
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· February 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Elena Garcia, St John. Supplied / St John Only a quarter of people who have cardiac arrest in the community survive the trip to hospital,...
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· February 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Elena Garcia, St John. Supplied / St John Only a quarter of people who have heart attacks in the community survive the trip to hospital,...
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· February 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lake Taupō. (File photo) RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod The Lake Taupō harbourmaster has clarified its role in rescues with Fire and Emergency after FENZ struggled to...
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· February 22, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 17 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 20 February, the twelfth time the New Zealand Professional...
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· February 21, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A fire destroyed the sport’s pavillion at Northcote College. Victoria Young Northcote College will shut for a week after a fire destroyed one of its buildings...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Damage from the storm to electricity networks was extensive. Wellington City Council Residents across the lower North Islandare getting increasingly frustrated with power providers and the...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Parts of Auckland’s Northcote College have been destroyed in a fire which broke out during a firefighters strike. Fire and Emergency NZ said they were called...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Damage from the storm to electricity networks was extensive. Wellington City Council Residents across the Wellington region are getting increasingly frustrated with power providers and the...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are tackling a blaze at Auckland’s Northcote College. Fire and Emergency NZ said they were called to the school about 12.15pm on Friday. A crew...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Facebook / Northcote College Firefighters are tackling a blaze at Auckland’s Northcote College. Fire and Emergency NZ said they were called to the school about 12.15pm...
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson The four people who were hospitalised following a chemical incident at a meat processing plant in Levin have since been discharged....
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· February 20, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand has declared a Prohibited Fire Season in Central Otago beginning at 8am this Saturday, 21 February, banning all outdoor fires...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are at the scene. (File photo) RNZ / Nate McKinnon The number of patients being treated at an industrial site in Levin has risen to...