The heat is on - again! Hot week forecast for many Kiwis
Hunua in Auckland forecast to swelter in region's hottest day of the year.
Hunua in Auckland forecast to swelter in region's hottest day of the year.
Captain disciplined over wreck of the Penguin in which more than 70 lives were lost.
At 4pm today, the 3000 residents of Wakefield got the news they were hoping for.
Officials said it was a balancing act allowing 680 households to return.
Wakefield evacuees could return home tonight, dew and high humidity helping firefighters.
"It's no exaggeration to say that today Nelson felt like it was under attack."
It's going to be another cracker week in the North Island
Terry Coleman isn't sure if he'll have a home to go back to.
Loo roll in the changing room, cornflakes in the bar:The clubroom-turned-free supermarket.
It's not exciting, it's not glamorous and it's certainly not easy.
Nearly 900 properties were evacuated in the Wakefield area on Friday.
Another 450 people are ready to evacuate with fears the wind will pick up tomorrow.
One person was taken to hospital after a car fire north of Motueka
Winds over 50km/h would ground the helicopters which have been dumping water on the blaze.
Affected residents speak about being evacuated and helping out on the home front.
Rain in the Nelson region is unlikely as firefighters work furiously to control the fires.
James Eric Hiroki and Carey Raymond Leask will be sentenced on March 22.
Nelson has already felt 15 days of "very high" or "extreme" fire danger this year.
They were told it wasn't safe but they couldn't leave the pigs trapped inside a pen.
Warm day, light winds but no rain forecast today for Tasman fire zone
Yesterday the 1900-hectare fire was reduced by 300-hectares.
When the time comes to flee, what do you grab?
More evacuations underway as a result of Pigeon Valley Fire as winds, humidity increase.
"It was like a big mushroom. It was quite spectacular."
Resident woke at 3am to check on the fire and saw 'looter' lurking around.
It is another sunny day for the tinder dry Tasman region with rain likely a week away.
An additional 40 or so officers have been sent to help those in the Tasman district.
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