Editorial: Final call for firework sales
OPINION: Our editorial on an end to the annual Guy Fawkes carnage.
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Take extra precautions with fireworks tonight
First time in two years that whānau can gather without restrictions for Guy Fawkes.
'The risk of wildfire is real': Firefighters urge fireworks caution
Minor incidents are already stacking up, and firefighters don't want a bigger one.
Beach blaze: Mop-up after fireworks started massive beach blaze to take days
Fire that threatened beach community reignites calls to ban fireworks.
Cause of massive fire revealed, NZ paying top dollar for meth & Pakistan PM assassination attempt | Focus Morning Bulletin: 4 November, 2022
What started the Canterbury blaze, concern over New Zealand’s meth market and former Pakistan PM caught in an assassination attempt in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Canterbury beach blaze
The evacuated residents of the Woodend Beach Holiday Park will be allowed to return home as aerial reconnaissance of the vast Canterbury beach blaze shows fire investigators focusing attention on its origins at a car park area. Video / TVNZ / George Heard
Canterbury beach blaze: 130 evacuees allowed to return home
Police have confirmed fireworks started the large beach fire.
Police following ‘good lines of inquiry’ into cause of fire
All have been 'successfully evacuated, all safely' with no reports of property damage
Massive blaze rips through Canterbury, student death mystery & Buy Now, Pay Later scrutinised | Focus Morning Bulletin: 3 November, 2022
Massive blaze rips across Canterbury beach, investigations continue into student’s unexplained death and the Government tackles buy now pay later schemes in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Fresh crews called in to fight massive blaze on Canterbury’s Pegasus Beach
More than 130 people have been evacuated.
Fire wreckage: SkyCity-Macquarie $220m car park deal collapses
SkyCity's car park deal with Macquarie falls through in repercussions from 2019 fire.
Watch: Fire in Wellington high-rise building
Emergency services respond to a fire in a high-rise building in central Wellington. Video / NZ Herald
Fire at new $110m Auckland City Mission shuts major CBD street
Lane closures on the arterial route of Hobson St in Auckland's CBD are causing delays.
Battery fire risk: 'Lot of energy in small package'
Warning issued over battery disposal after waste truck catches fire in Lower Hutt.
Firefighters battle large blaze at Whatipu Beach after two fishermen rescued
Emergency services responded to missing fishermen callout, then spotted the fire in Huia.
Watch: Large fire at Whatipu
Large fire at Whatipu early this morning. Video / Huia Volunteer Fire Brigade
Fire Service calls in police to investigate volunteer brigade's 'wood fund'
Disputed "wood fund" was from Titirangi volunteers' wood-chopping fundraising drives.
Vehicle on fire on Auckland's Southwestern Motorway, lanes blocked
Waka Kotahi NZTA is asking motorists to use alternative routes.
'Armageddon': Neighbour's horror at multi-building blaze - arson suspected
Houses and barns are affected at two locations on the same road.
Focus Morning Bulletin: 11 October, 2022
Explosions rock central Kyiv, co-governance referendum on the cards? And good news in time for your summer getaway in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
'We lost everything': Whānau of 9 sleeping in tents after fire destroys home
Lack of emergency housing compounds problems after homestead destroyed in fire.
Battle against vegetation blaze continues as wind gusts threaten
Firefighters trying to contain vegetation fire above Glenorchy road near Queenstown.
'Dark day for Donegal': At least 10 dead in blast at gas station in Ireland
Eight people in hospital and several unaccounted for after the incident in Creeslough.
Hybrid electric car smouldering in a blaze
A hybrid electric car smouldering in a blaze. Video / Stewart Harris
Whānau home of 9 destroyed by fire in Muriwai, Gisborne
Whānau home of 9 destroyed by fire in Muriwai, Gisborne. Video / Supplied
Owner 'gutted' as road bike destroyed in inferno
Motorcyclist watches as bike razed by fire.
Watch: Truck ignites in blazing fire on Transmission Gully motorway
Video captures the moment a fire truck comes racing onto the scene.
Watch: Huge truck fire on Transmission Gully
Emergency services respond to a truck fire on Transmission Gully Video / Peter Isaacs
Fire risk: These appliance batteries have firefighters fuming
Batteries fuelling the modern economy are also sparking major headaches and fire risks.
Fire risk fears: Apartment owners, Argosy suing aluminium panel makers, suppliers
Claddings now mostly removed from buildings at centre of court case.
Central Otago blaze: Choppers called in to fight fire at Cardrona
Fire and Emergency said it had been a challenge accessing the blaze on foot.
Firefighters battling house fire near University of Canterbury
Emergency services are responding to a major fire in the Clyde Rd area, Christchurch.