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New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS) and National Rural Fire Authority commission an independent operational review of the Port Hills fires to learn from their response to the event.
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A woman has been freed after getting her leg stuck in a septic tank for nearly two hours.
Fisherman knocked out by low-flying plane
Plane making an emergency landing hit a fisherman standing on the Whakatane beach.
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200L diesel spilt in boat
Over 200L of diesel has been spilt in a boat in Auckland. The Fire Service were called at 11.15am to the spill in Orams Marine Village
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Watch: Paper rises from the ashes
Flames swept through the house on McKinstry Ave, Mangere, where Cathylyn Palaa lived with her brother and his wife and six children - one of about 3200 house fires every year. The house was destroyed and some of its remains are now mixed in with these words.