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Pukaki Downs fire update - 11.30am 2 September

Two public meetings will be held today to talk over the next steps in the response to the Lake Pukaki fire in the Mackenzie Basin.

Black Jack Fire Update #5

Four crews of firefighters supported by three helicopters are back at the Black Jack vegetation fire on the Coromandel Peninsula this morning.

Rain and snow dampen down Pukaki Downs and Tekapo wildfires Update #8

UPDATE: As of Friday afternoon, State Highway 80 from Pukaki to Aoraki/Mount Cook is now closed due to heavy snow.

Code of Practice for Fire Fighting Water Supplies and Indicative Cost Benefit Analysis - Report #56 (2004)

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Residential Kitchen Local Fire Protection Cost Effectiveness Analysis - Report #103 (2010)

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This report summarises an approach developed to evaluate the cost effectiveness of potential systems for use in suppression of local kitchen fires.

Kirwee Fire Update #2

The large vegetation fire near Kirwee is burning through pines and scrub in an area estimated at 2.5km long and 500m wide.

Lake Tekapo Fire final update

Firefighters have contained the vegetation fire which broke out close to the Lake Tekapo Village and the nearby power station early this morning.

Mt Creighton Fire - Update 6

Firefighters are back on the Mt Creighton fireground near Queenstown this morning, tackling hotspots identified by thermal imaging.