(MENAFN- The Conversation) The sight of flames tearing across Tongariro National Park last week was heartbreaking for lovers of the landscape. It was also potentially disastrous for a world-renowned ...

Fire and Emergency New Zealand continues to move from offensive firefighting to patrolling and monitoring the area burnt by the fire in Tongariro National Park, but is still treating the area as a ...

The Department of Conservation (DOC) says Tongariro National Park is home to threatened species of flora and insects, as fire-fighters wait to see if a wildfire in the area has really been ...

A significant improvement in Tongariro National Park's massive blaze, which grew by leaps and bound over the weekend. Fire and Emergency says rain today's helped dampen the fire - and the focus for ...

New Zealand emergency services are battling a massive wildfire in Tongariro National Park on the North Island, where flames have already scorched an estimated 1,100 hectares, authorities said Saturday ...

Precautionary evacuations of five facilities in the vicinity of the Tongariro fire are almost complete. They are the Hillary Outdoors Education Centre, the Maungatepopo School Camp, the Old Mill, the ...

Fire investigators looking into the blaze in Tongariro National Park are asking for dashcam footage from drivers in the area. Fire and Emergency (FENZ) said it wanted to hear from anyone with a ...

A wildfire that swept across thousands of hectares of New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park appears to be coming under control, officials said. Residents are being allowed back into the area following ...

New Zealand Authorities Send Extra Fire Planes to Battle 1,100-Hectare Wildfire WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand authorities said on Sunday that extra aircraft were being sent to fight an ...