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A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) formation, featuring the Biggin Hill Trust Spitfire, will conduct a flypast of lower North Island centres on Friday 16 June.
A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) formation, featuring the Biggin Hill Trust Spitfire, will conduct a flypast of lower North Island centres on Friday 16 June. The flypast is in honour of the centenary of military aviation in New Zealand, which ...
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David Unwin/Stuff Area manager Whanganui Gary Ward and incident controller Bradley Shanks chat about what to do next as their teams fight the blaze. “We couldn't risk our crews. This is the first day we've been able to get the ground crews in properly to do some work. “It's still uncontrolled, but we're making really good headway with the air assets and the ground crews are just starting to fight the fire.” Heavy machinery was used to cut fire breaks into the dirt overnight to halt the spread of flames, but the blaze had scorched through 40ha of plantation by 7am. This had expanded t...