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In partnership with Spark New Zealand and Attentis, Selwyn District Council is leading the way in its commitment to public safety, by installing new cutting-edge technology to help in the detection of fires in McHughs Forest Park near Darfield. Yesterday ...

Canterbury will move into a restricted fire season on Thursday due to an increased risk of wildfires.

The wellspring for the founding, and where UVA split the atom, behold the fantastical history of Mount Jefferson.

A fire covering about 20 hectares of Arthurs Pass vegetation has now been contained

A fire covering about 20 hectares of Arthurs Pass vegetation has now been contained

A fire covering about 20 hectares of Arthurs Pass vegetation has now been contained

Heavy rain continues to fall in Canterbury, raising fears of further evacuations and flooding, particularly in Ashburton where half of the town's residents are preparing to leave their homes.

Tinder dry conditions across Canterbury and Otago have pushed the fire risk in many places to extreme levels.

John Kirk-Anderson/Stuff Most areas in Canterbury and Otago are at extreme risk of fire as a combination of hot temperatures, lack of rain and strong winds continue to drive up the threat on Easter Monday. Strong northwesterly gales potentially reaching 130 kilometres per hour have been forecast in exposed places throughout Canterbury throughout Monday. This triggered a severe weather warning from the MetService for the Canterbury High Country until 1pm on Monday and a strong wind watch for Ch...