Hawke's Bay has become covered in haze, with the sun ever changing shades of red and orange due to smoke from the devastating Australian bush fires.
![A satellite image showing the smoke sitting over New Zealand. Photo / Japanese Meteorological Agency](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/KRQ2ZBK4XMXQS4AVK3WQSI2DQ4.jpg?auth=c5790fc9131649531d7a1e8be50777a8c2b17c6344b8a3c00b10c58007955d76&width=16&height=16&quality=70&smart=true)
MetService Meteorologist Tahlia Crabtree said the haze was smoke from the Australian bushfires, blown to New Zealand by a north-west flow.
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The smoke was likely to last all of Thursday, Crabtree saying it should clear from Hawke's Bay some time on Friday.