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 ...

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

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) ...

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 ...

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

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

Rain has helped curb the spread of a wildfire in New Zealand's oldest national park, though mist and foggy weather conditions forced the grounding of all rescue aircraft and delayed some firefighting ...

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