A kitten named Blaze has been rescued after falling down a drain in Helensville on the first weekend when the country was at alert level 3.
A Helensville Volunteer Fire Brigade crew was called out on Saturday night to the rescue mission after someone heard the kitten mewing.
The crew posted on their Facebook page that they had "rescued a very small newborn kitten from an underground stormwater drain".
They said the brigade members had suggested naming the kitten Blaze.