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High winds prevent fire-affected residents returning to homes
Residents who have returned to their homes told to be prepared to leave at short notice.
Nelson firefight costing $1 million a day
The cost of the wildfires in Nelson could yet exceed the Port Hills fires in 2017.
Big Read: Into the darkness - the Nelson night fighters
Cherie Howie spends a shift with the fire crews who clock in after the sun goes down.
Nelson fires 'still the boss' after flare ups overnight
Female firefighter hospitalised yesterday with dehydration is "recovering well".
'A line of fire': Owner of destroyed house recalls horror
The owner of the house destroyed in the Nelson blaze describes watching the fire approach.
Tasman fires: Heroics, heartbreak in burning landscape
Cherie Howie tells of charred properties and disrupted lives as the battle goes on.
Civil Defence gives latest on Nelson fires
Fighting the blaze will take weeks, if not months, fire chief warns today.
Nelson fire evacuees camp out with their sheep
The sheep 'look like they've been quite badly smoked', say the family.
The heat is on - again! Hot week forecast for many Kiwis
Hunua in Auckland forecast to swelter in region's hottest day of the year.
The night the Penguin sank
Captain disciplined over wreck of the Penguin in which more than 70 lives were lost.
Nelson forest fires: 'It's good to have a home to come home to'
At 4pm today, the 3000 residents of Wakefield got the news they were hoping for.
Nelson bush fires: Wakefield residents can return to homes immediately
Officials said it was a balancing act allowing 680 households to return.
Nelson fires could still be burning in March
Wakefield evacuees could return home tonight, dew and high humidity helping firefighters.
Nelson councillor details harrowing reality of horror blaze
"It's no exaggeration to say that today Nelson felt like it was under attack."
Summer's not going anywhere: Get set for clear blue skies, 30C heat
It's going to be another cracker week in the North Island
Tasman fires: 'Our home is not far away from the fire. Everybody's worried'
Terry Coleman isn't sure if he'll have a home to go back to.
Community rallies to help fire evacuees
Loo roll in the changing room, cornflakes in the bar:The clubroom-turned-free supermarket.
Tasman fire: Evacuated pets and stock in best of hands
"It's our lifework too, to care for animals in any situation."
Fireman fighting Nelson blaze faces 'unfair' deportation
Online petition pushing for man fighting Nelson blaze to be spared.
'Could take weeks to put out': Firefighters doing it tough inside cordon
It's not exciting, it's not glamorous and it's certainly not easy.
Strong winds the 'biggest enemy' for Tasman firefighters
Nearly 900 properties were evacuated in the Wakefield area on Friday.
Nelson fire: Fears more evacuations will be needed as wind picks up
Another 450 people are ready to evacuate with fears the wind will pick up tomorrow.
Car fire sends person to hospital
One person was taken to hospital after a car fire north of Motueka
Big winds set to fan flames, disrupt helicopters fighting Tasman inferno
Winds over 50km/h would ground the helicopters which have been dumping water on the blaze.
'Our house is surrounded with black': Evacuated residents' mad dash
Affected residents speak about being evacuated and helping out on the home front.
Tasman blaze: Weekend rain unlikely
Rain in the Nelson region is unlikely as firefighters work furiously to control the fires.
Highway 61 rider guilty of dangerous driving causing death
James Eric Hiroki and Carey Raymond Leask will be sentenced on March 22.
Fire risk could more than double with climate change
Nelson has already felt 15 days of "very high" or "extreme" fire danger this year.
Tasman fire: Wakefield schools urged to close
Tasman district fire forces some Wakefield residents to be evacuated - councillor
Nelson fire: At least two more days of 'very hard firefighting'
Overnight, some residents of Wakefield have been evacuated.
Nelson fire: SPCA and MPI save pigs from certain death
They were told it wasn't safe but they couldn't leave the pigs trapped inside a pen.
No rain in sight for Tasman fire
Warm day, light winds but no rain forecast today for Tasman fire zone
Pigeon Valley Fire: Time to scarper — with what?
When the time comes to flee, what do you grab?