Three vegetation fires in the Far North on Thursday evening have demonstrated how tinder dry the grass in Northland is . The first two fires broke out about.
As more Northlanders use social media, the rise of posting defamatory content and the habit of publishing important information online before notifying first.
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 .
Memories of large blazes on pristine islands in Northland, as well as cases of campfires being lit in vulnerable areas, have sparked a warning from the.