While the country partied hard to welcome the new year, Fire and Emergency worked tirelessly to tackle numerous fires started from fireworks.
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A neighbour of a large private New Year's Eve fireworks display near Queenstown is glad he moved his animals away in advance after a big fire erupted in that area.
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Library holiday fun
Activities range from a Maori music to making paint.
It’s school holiday time again and local libraries are running a range of events and activities to keep kids busy, this time with the theme of Matariki and taku taiao, taku tuakiri – my environment, my identity.
Warkworth Library
If you’re quick, there might just be time to catch Warkworth’s Astronomy Night, complete with stargazing through telescopes and free hot chocolate, at the Old Masonic Hall from 5.30pm on Tuesday, July 13. Niven Brown from the Auckland Astronomical Society will be the astral guide, and bookings are essential via the Warkworth Library team.