Fire and Emergency was on standby for the from Auckland to Napier just before 7.30 this morning - but weren't required.

The aircraft will now go through a mandatory inspection before it is allowed to return to service.

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20 Jun: A person's in a serious condition, after a potential stabbing in Hastings' Flaxmere

20 Jun: Multiple cars have gone up in flames in a Palmerston North scrap yard early this morning

19 Jun: A woman has been charged in relation to a Napier teen's death last month - the second person accused of interfering with the homicide investigation

18 Jun: A Napier man in his 20s has plead guilty to owning and distributing online sexual abuse material involving children as young as 21-months old

17 Jun: The Otaki reservoir is now completed, giving the Kapiti Coast a new source of water

16 Jun: A sharp jolt's been felt in Hawke's Bay with a light 3.8 magnitude earthquake shaking the region

12 Jun: A coroner's report suggests the death of a 20 month old in Manawatu, was an accident

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