Two helicopters, nine fire trucks and 24 crew are battling a forestry fire on Matakana Island near Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty this morning. Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted to the fire at 7.36pm on Saturday evening. Crews monitored the fire overnight .
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Like a “taniwha” and really “scary” is how a Rangiwaea and Matakana Island resident has described a large fire last night. Mikaere Sydney said it was quite.
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