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Coromandel and North Waikato move to open fire season
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Both the Coromandel and North Waikato zones will move into an open fire season from Tuesday 7 April at 9am, until further notice. This means...
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Events – North Island Firefighters compete in high-speed public event
Source: United Fire Brigades’ Association More than 140 firefighters from across Te Ika-a-Māui, the North Island, will converge on Havelock North this weekend to compete in one of the most physically...
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From rescue to recovery: Inside the first 48 hours at Mt Maunganui
Source: Radio New Zealand This photo was taken in the hours after the deadly landslide. Fire and Emergency New Zealand Newly released documents give an insight into how Fire and...
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Highway reopens after Dunedin house fire
Source: Radio New Zealand Four fire trucks had been working to put the fire out. RNZ / Rob Dixon A stretch of State Highway One in Dunedin has reopened to...
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Dunedin house fire closes State Highway 1
Source: Radio New Zealand Four fire trucks had been working to put the fire out. RNZ / Rob Dixon Crews were at the scene of a house fire in Dunedin...
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Person taken to hospital after sea lion bite on Dunedin’s Brighton beach
Source: Radio New Zealand The St John spokesperson said the animal was no longer at the scene. AFP / Biosphoto / Minden Pictures / Colin Monteath / Hedgehog House A...
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Fire Safety – Restricted fire season for Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand revoked the prohibited fire season on Waiheke Island and Great Barrier Island at 8am yesterday (Wednesday 1 April). These areas...
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Life-saving services need priority in fuel plan, aviation sector says
Source: Radio New Zealand The aviation sector is calling for a specific crisis plan around fuel. Supplied / Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust The Aviation Industry Association says life-preserving services such...
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Fire Safety – Daylight saving is ending – do you have smoke alarms where you sleep?
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The 12 months from July 2024 to June last year saw the highest number of preventable residential fire deaths in a decade, with 17 people...
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Tairāwhiti firefighter credits EIT with reigniting connection to te ao Māori
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology 1 day ago After more than two decades away from te reo Māori, Antony Ruru returned to study at EIT Tairāwhiti and rediscovered his language...
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Wellington apartment building evacuated due to gas leak
Source: Radio New Zealand Hazardous Materials appliances were at the scene and crews were also working to isolate the gas supply to the building (file image). RNZ / Samuel Rillstone...
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Fire Safety – Parts of Nelson-Marlborough moving to restricted fire season
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand is declaring a restricted fire season in the Coastal, Waimea and Lake Rotoiti zones of the Nelson-Marlborough District, from 8am...
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Auckland power cable ‘possibly’ intentionally damaged, causes diesel leak scare
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Police are speaking with two people after a diesel leak scare in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa. Fire and Emergency...
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Auckland power cable ‘possibly’ intentionally damaged, causes diesel leak
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Fire and Emergency have discovered that it is a power cable – not a fuel pipe – which has caused a...
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Emergency services respond to sabotaged fuel pipe at Auckland petrol station
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson Police say they are making enquiries into reports that a fuel pipe outside a petrol station in South Auckland has been...
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Two people injured in a house fire in Burnside, Christchurch
Source: Radio New Zealand About eight firefighters were still extinguishing the fire, a FENZ spokesperson said (file image). RNZ / Paris Ibell Two people have been injured in a house...
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Civil Defence teams to assess damage caused by latest storm
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Kāeo township NZTA/Supplied Civil Defence teams are heading out in Northland to assess how much damage the latest storm has caused. A red heavy...
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As it happened: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island
Source: Radio New Zealand States of Emergency have been declared in Whangārei and the Far North The Whangārei District Mayor Ken Couper said with communities isolated and more heavy rain...
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Woman, two young children rescued from car trapped in rising flood water
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Kiripaka, Northland. Supplied A woman and two young children have been rescued from a car trapped by rising floodwaters in Northland. Fire and Emergency...
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Live: Floods close highways as heavy rain hits North Island
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency is urging residents in storm-affected areas to be ready to evacuate if necessary, following a night of heavy rain. A red weather warning...
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Live: Heavy rain lashes upper North Island, rescue crews prepare
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency is urging residents in storm-affected areas to be ready to evacuate if necessary, following a night of heavy rain. A red weather warning...
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Live: Heavy rain lashes upper North Island
Source: Radio New Zealand Fire and Emergency is urging residents in storm-affected areas to be ready to evacuate if necessary, following a night of heavy rain. A red weather warning...
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Specialist rescue crews deployed to Northland and Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand Max Thompson is staying at Mokau marae near Ōakura. RNZ / Nick Monro Specialist rescue teams are being deployed to Northland as the region hunkers down...
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Specialist rescue crews deployed to storm-battered regions
Source: Radio New Zealand Two people are guided across dangerous floodwaters in Tasman on Friday 11 July, 2025, by members from Fire and Emergency NZ’s specialist water response teams from...
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Two dead after car flips upside down into stream in Wellington
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Mark Papalii Two bodies have been found inside a car that was discovered upside down in a stream in rural Wellington this morning. Police,...
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Fire at wreckers yard in Upper Hutt extinguished, roads remain closed
Source: Radio New Zealand A car wreckers is on fire in Upper Hutt. Wellington Fire and Emergency Firefighters have extinguished a blaze at a wreckers yard in Upper Hutt, but...
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Cause of massive Tongariro National Park fire discovered
Source: Radio New Zealand Tongariro on Saturday 8 November 2025, a few hours after the fire broke out. Kristina Montgomerie / @kristinamonts A vehicle losing its rear wheel and dragging...