Matakana Island

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Crews spend night monitoring Bay of Plenty forest fire (1 News)

Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) were first alerted to the blaze at 7.36pm yesterday evening.

Forestry Fire On Matakana Island (Scoop.co.nz)

'Fire and Emergency New Zealand was alerted to a forest fire on Matakana Island near Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty at 7.36pm this evening.

A helicopter is trawling Matakana Island, near Tauranga, where a ... (NZCity)

Fire and Emergency says the blaze is approximately 300 by 300 metres. Bay of Plenty Times journalist Alex Cairns is there, and says yesterday seemed more ' ...

Matakana Island fire: Firefighters spending Christmas away from ... (New Zealand Herald)

Firefighting crews who managed to contain a large forestry fire on Matakana Island in the Bay of Plenty will be spending their Christmas back on site to...

Matakana Island fire: Firefighters spending Christmas away from families to contain blaze (New Zealand Herald)

Firefighting crews who managed to contain a large forestry fire on Matakana Island in the Bay of Plenty will be spending their Christmas back on site to ensure it doesn't flare up again. The fire began on Saturday night and burned through about 37ha of ...

Large Matakana Island blaze contained by firefighters (1 News)

Fire and Emergency NZ says a forest fire on Matakana Island near Tauranga has now been contained. The fire has burnt through approximately 37 hectares of scrub ...

Matakana Island blaze: Firefighters to continue putting out hotspots ... (RNZ)

The blaze, which broke out on Saturday night, has already burnt through more than 37 hectares of scrub and pine slash.