Fireworks are banned in the Ahipara township and surrounds, on the Karikari Peninsula, and at Ripiro Beach from Friday 1 December, until further notice. Northland District Manager, Wipari Henwood, says lighting fireworks in the hot, dry, and windy conditions .
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A family relation of Daisy Fernandez who was killed by a motorbike at RipirÅ Beach is worried about what might happen when hordes of off-roaders pour onto the coastline over Labour Weekend.