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Our reporter Charlotte Cook was half-way up Worsley Road as smoke continued to billow over the Port Hills in Christchurch.

Cook spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss Read more Audio

The fire on Christchurch's Port Hills has continued to spread Wednesday night.

On Wednesday evening, Fire and Emergency said it was about 100-hectares in size.

But embers, carried by the strong hot… Read more Audio

As the fire started raged along the Port Hills yesterday, soot affected the high voltage lines and caused the circuits to trip at the Bromley substation in Christchurch.

The local lines company Orion… Read more Audio

The fire on Christchurch's Port Hills continues to rage Thursday morning.

The blaze, which broke out near the top end of Worsleys Spur road just after 2pm Wednesday, has burnt through 100-hectares of… Read more Audio

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A Wairoa resident says his community has not lost, but gained, through the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Val Irwin - or Papa Val, as he is known to locals - joined the memorial hīkoi following… Read more Audio

The fire on Christchurch's Port Hills is burning under the high voltage power lines that connect Ashburton and Christchurch.

Transpower says it thinks a build-up of soot affected transmission… Read more Audio

The fire on Christchurch's Port Hills continues to rage this morning, fanned by a nor'west wind.

The blaze, which broke out near the top end of Worsleys Spur road just after 2pm yesterday , has burnt… Read more Audio