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Fire and Emergency received calls for 18 incidents during today’s NZPFU strike
9 Poutūterangi 2026 | Announcements
18 incidents during today's NZPFU strike
Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents during today's NZPFU strike
6 Poutūterangi 2026 | Announcements
Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents during today's strike.
Fire permits suspended ahead of hot weekend in part of Otago
5 Poutūterangi 2026 | Announcements
Hot and windy weather has raised the fire risk in the Queenstown Lakes District to extreme, prompting Fire and Emergency New Zealand to suspend all fire permits
Change of fire season for areas within the Nelson Tasman region
4 Poutūterangi 2026 | Fire Season Updates
A change of fire season for areas within the Nelson Tasman region will take effect from 8am on Wednesday 4 March, until further notice.
Fire and Emergency received calls for 10 incidents during today's NZPFU strike
2 Poutūterangi 2026 | Announcements
Calls to 10 incidents during today's strike.
Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents during today's NZPFU strike
27 Huitanguru 2026 | Announcements
Fire and Emergency received calls for 17 incidents today, the fourteenth time the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) has taken strike action.
Springvale Fire Update 2
25 Huitanguru 2026 | Emergency Information
Firefighters supported by four helicopters have contained and largely suppressed a large grass fire in the Springfield area near Clyde.
Springvale fire
25 Huitanguru 2026 | Emergency Information
Firefighters are working to contain a large grass fire at Springvale, near Clyde in Central Otago this evening which is threatening properties.