Five helicopters and three ground crews are at the scene of the blaze, which has burned through 80 hectares of forestry.

It's contained, but still actively burning.

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14 Sep: The search for a missing man who fell into the water at Manukau Harbour has resumed

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13 Sep: Northland police are asking for the public's help in their investigation of suspicious car fires in the Whangarei suburb of Tikipunga

13 Sep: A second person has died, following yesterday afternoon's two car crash at Beaconsfield in Manawatu

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