Firefighting efforts were suspended overnight for safety reasons. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

New Zealand authorities said on Sunday that extra aircraft were being sent to fight an out-of-control wildfire that has burnt through around 1,100 hectares (4.2 square miles) of national park in the ...

The firefighters union has shut down its limited one-hour strikes as the unions seek to contain the explosive movement of the ...

A business owner says Tongariro National Park, on New Zealand's North Island, resembles a hellscape as a massive forest fire continues to burn out of control. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) ...

Multiple crews and a helicopter are responding to a large scrub fire in Darfield, Canterbury this morning, which has already ...

Crews were called to Tongariro Forest Park after 3pm yesterday. The blaze is now covering an estimated 1000 hectares and Fire and Emergency New Zealand says there's six trucks, five tankers, six ...

Ten-test All Blacks halfback Steve Devine has accused Fire and Emergency of relaying incorrect information over the number of ...

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is responding to a large vegetation fire near Darfield, Canterbury. Thirteen trucks and one ...

Former All Black Steve Devine says at least one fire truck each day breaks down in New Zealand.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand said the blaze grew overnight, but there were no reports of damaged structures or further ...