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· December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Severe thunderstorm warnings are in place for the Auckland region with MetService saying they could lead to very heavy downpours. MetService is forecasting downpours across the...
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· December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Jessica Hopkins MetService is forecasting downpours across the North Island on Wednesday, with possible thunderstorms in some places, and a number of...
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· December 3, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ngāruawāhia volunteer fire station’s jet skis assist police with a water rescue during Cyclone Hale in 2023. Supplied Three Waikato mayors have written to the chief...
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· December 2, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Lieutenant General Rhys Jones has been appointed chair of the National War Memorial Advisory Council, Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “Mr Jones brings considerable...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Two former police houses were unexpectedly taken from a Shannon property after a miscommunication involving government departments. Ngāti Whakatere, the local iwi, had offered to fix...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are working with specialist equipment to rescue the driver. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Firefighters have freed the driver of a logging truck who was trapped...
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· December 1, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are working with specialist equipment to rescue the driver. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Firefighters are working to free the driver of a logging truck who...
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· November 30, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand ACC said it would use individual advisors instead of a panel, like it did in other clinical cases. RNZ/Marika Khabazi ACC has disbanded its toxicology panel...
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· November 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A fire burning in tyres in an industrial area in Upper Hutt has been extinguished. Five firetrucks were called to the blaze on Dante Road in...
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· November 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency understand one person is injured after a fire in Trentham. RNZ/Marika Khabazi A building is on fire in an industrial area of the...
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· November 29, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene of a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 20, near the Waterview Tunnel in Auckland. RNZ Four people were injured in a crash on Auckland’s...
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· November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand FENZ said it was only aware of one command unit breaking down. RNZ/Marika Khabazi The Professional Firefighters’ Union says four trucks broke down or were out...
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· November 28, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 18 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 28 November, the time of the strike action by...
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· November 28, 2025
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is strengthening New Zealand’s Emergency Responder capability by creating a new entity, and expanding the mandate of Next Generation Critical Communications, announced Emergency Management...
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· November 28, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand About 2000 members of the Professional Firefighters’ Union will strike between 12-1pm. RNZ / Ruth Hill Paid firefighters are walking off the job for one hour...
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· November 28, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand Deputy National Commander Megan Stiffler says people must be extra careful with fire safety as the New Zealand Professional Firefighters’...
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· November 28, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Central Otago and the Upper Waitaki will move to a restricted fire season on Monday. Anyone planning to light an outdoor fire will need a...
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· November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A scrub fire in Palmerston. Supplied / Martin Neame Authorities are warning residents in the Otago town of Palmerston near a pine tree blaze to keep...
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· November 27, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have been responding to a number of vegetation fires across Otago and Southland this afternoon and into the evening....
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· November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A scrub fire in Palmerston. Supplied / Martin Neame Fire crews and helicopters are battling a series of scrub fires in Otago and Southland fanned by...
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· November 27, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews are responding to a number of vegetation fires across the lower South Island this afternoon as high winds take...
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· November 27, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Strike puts community at risk while ERA considers facilitation request Fire and Emergency New Zealand is calling on the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU)...
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· November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Launch on fire on Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf, near Browns Island. Supplied/Facebook A launch caught fire in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf this morning, near Browns Island. Fire and...
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· November 26, 2025
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Hot and windy conditions forecast for much of Canterbury, South Canterbury and Otago have prompted Fire and Emergency to warn people of an increased fire...
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· November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 60 firefighters tackled the first blaze at Waiuku recycling facility. Supplied Shipping containers near an Auckland business park that caught fire late on Monday...
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· November 26, 2025
Source: New Zealand Police A man is due in court today following a large fire at a Waiuku business on Monday night. Police treated the fire as suspicious with a...
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· November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 60 firefighters tackled the first blaze at Waiuku recycling facility. Supplied Shipping containers at an Auckland business park that were set alight late on...