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After 47 years of nursing Sister Heather Kinnear, Operational Manager at Hermanus CDC, waved goodbye to the communities of Zwelihle, Mount Pleasant and the broader Hermanus area as she retired.
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Matakana Island and Tauranga community band together as fire burns 23 Dec, 2020 05:00 AM 3 minutes to read Marlene Samuels has lived on Matakana Island for more than 50 years and in all her time she has never seen the island burn like it is right now. But above the adversity, she says it has been wonderful to see the island family and the Tauranga community "band together" to get on top of the blaze that is tearing through pine forest on the island. "It's our fathers, sons, wives and husbands, nieces and nephews. They're all out there fighting, it's our whenua." Seventy-five firefighters have...
Matakana Island fire: Crews battling blaze one week on Riley Kennedy © RNZ / Richard Tindiller A fire on Bay of Plenty's Matakana Island is still burning a week after it started. Last Sunday, a large fire burned for more than 24 hours on the island and crews remained on scene all week but it flared up again on Saturday. Matakana Island sits 2km off the coast of Tauranga and is home to nearly 200 people. This morning, more than 80 firefighters were battling the blaze with three fresh crews from as far away as Ngāruawāhia brought over by ferry, as well as five helicopters.