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The insurance industry says an escalating fire problem must be kept under control.

Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Audio

The horticulture industry is still holding onto hope that some RSE workers from the Pacific may be able to come into the country to help pick fruit this season.

Eric Frykberg has nga korero e pa ana… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Strong winds that were hampering efforts to contain the Lake Ōhau fire have subsided, and Fire and Emergency says things are looking better with currently just light winds in the area. 

The fire has… Audio

Ruth Werner was a spy for the Soviet Union while living the life of a mum with three kids.  Audio

A new report predicts big costs to the health budget from any significant reduction in the amount of land currently available for growing fruit and vegetables.

Eric Frykberg has te pūrongo taiwhenua.

Locals have begun to pick up the pieces after fires roared through Lake Ōhau Village in the Mackenzie Country.

Today residents will be allowed, under supervision, to make brief trips into their homes… Audio

Federated Farmers is blaming the Department of Conservation for bad land management which led to the huge fires in Lake Ōhau. 

At least 20 homes have been destroyed in the township, and the High… Audio

The effort to extinguish the fires at Lake Ōhau in the Mackenzie Basin will continue this morning after warm temperatures and strong winds frustrated firefighters on Monday.

Lake Ōhau locals were… Audio

Residents of  Lake Ōhau Village are hoping they will get a chance to retrieve essential items from their homes today.

A huge blaze, which began early Sunday morning destroyed or damaged an estimated… Audio

Fire crews have been working through the night to extinguish the Lake Ōhau fire in the Mackenzie Basin. 

Up to half of the properties in Lake Ōhau Village were damaged or destroyed by the fire that… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Fire crews have been working through the night to stop any further damage to property in Lake Ōhau Village. 

It's estimated that up to half of the properties in the Mackenzie Basin settlement have… Audio

Fire crews have been working through the night to stop any further damage to property in Lake Ōhau Village. 

It's estimated that up to half of the properties in the Mackenzie Basin settlement have… Audio

We return now to Lake Ohau Village in the Mackenzie Basin where many residents' homes were destroyed in Sunday's wildfire. Many spoke about the wilding pines, also known as wilding conifers, which… Audio

Farmers fear there will be more fires in future like the one near Lake Ohau because Department of Conservation land gets overgrown with vegetation, providing a fire with plenty of fuel to burn.

Eric… Audio

Around 90 people were forced to sleep away from their homes last night after the fires at Lake Ohau in Canterbury that forced them out.

Among them was B&B owner Hugh Spiers, whose business has been… Audio

As Canterbury battled fires, a day of constant rain left parts of Southland flooded yesterday.

At one point the region's roads were so swamped that contractors were running out of signs to mark… Audio

Air and ground crews continue to fight a huge wildfire in Canterbury's Mackenzie Country.

The fire service says more than 1600 hectares have been burnt.

Four crews have spent the night trying to… Audio

The Minister of Civil Defence Peeni Henare landed in the fire-devastated Mackenzie District on Sunday evening.

He's been talking to the District Mayors and the Fire Service about the damage to the… Audio