A large fire which has been burning since Saturday in a pine forest on Whanganui River Rd is almost extinguished.
Deputy principal rural fire officer Gavin Pryce said the fire was completely under control and almost 100 per cent contained.
"With the really good work that the ground crews did yesterday (Monday) we had very little fire activity overnight, so this morning we did a fly over the fire and put ground crews in and continued with the small hot spots," he said.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) was called after the fire broke out near the road near Pungarehu Marae at about 3.30pm on Saturday.
It is located about 4km along the Whanganui River Rd from State Highway 4.