National Park fire chief Marilla Swift says there was no way the four firefighters from her brigade who were first to face ...

National Park fire chief Marilla Swift says there was no way the four firefighters from her brigade who were first to face ...

WELLINGTON, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The forest fire in New Zealand's Tongariro National Park continued to blaze on Monday, with the fire size likely to have increased from the estimated 2,500 hectares, ...

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 ...

A large wildfire burning through New Zealand’s oldest national park has probably been extinguished after steady rainfall helped to suppress the flames, authorities said on Monday. The fire in ...

A massive fire burning through alpine bush in the Tongariro National Park has made for some eerie skies around Hawke’s Bay.

WELLINGTON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's Tongariro National Park has been fighting against a large fire since Saturday, which has now covered 1,600 hectares.

A large fire in Tongariro National Park is affecting a main highway in the area, Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) says.

New Zealand's first volunteer fire brigade was formed in Auckland in 1854. Other main centres followed suit and then regions, towns and villages. Today, one particular village's volunteer fire brigade ...

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is considering cutting jobs and “stopping or slowing” activities as it seeks to save $50 million a year. It says the jobs of frontline firefighters are not at risk, but ...

New Zealand has grounded all powered watercraft used by local fire stations to rescue people during water emergencies. Two ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -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 ...