The financial cost of the Nelson fire is starting to add up as the blaze now extends into its second week.
And it could yet exceed the devastating Port Hills fires in 2017, which cost the Selwyn region an estimated $30 million.
The wildfires have so far burned through 2300 hectares in the Nelson-Tasman region, destroyed one home, and led to evacuations of more than 1000 people - some of whom have been able to return to their homes.
It has been the largest aerial firefight in New Zealand's history, with 23 helicopters and two planes used at the peak of the fire.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand said the cost of the aircraft, ground machinery, and other firefighting resources had been $1 million a day for the first week of the fire. That daily cost would now fall as the fire was under control and fewer resources were required.