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The 2024 Port Hills fire was a wildfire in Christchurch, New Zealand.The fire started at around 2:15 pm NZDT on 14 February 2024 on Worsleys Road. It is close to the location of one of the fires that started on 13 February 2017 which developed into the 2017 Port Hills fires.
Just after 1:00PM on Tuesday 22 October 2019, construction workers began to evacuate the building site of the New Zealand International Convention Centre. Approximately 100 workers were on site at the time. [9] Fire and Emergency New Zealand were alerted to the fire via a 111 call at 1:09:37PM. The first fire appliance arrived on the scene at 1 ...
Kiwiburn has helped create a large community of burners around New Zealand, and the annual event, along with the occasional localized gatherings, [4] [5] continue to maintain its unique culture. Kiwiburn celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2013 with the theme enlighTENment, [ 6 ] and its 20th anniversary in 2024 with Decadance.
It remains the deadliest fire in New Zealand. Sprott House fire, 1969 – on 26 July 1969, a fire broke out at the Sprott House rest home in Karori, Wellington, killing seven of the 21 residents. As a result, the Fire Safety (Evacuation of Buildings) Regulations 1970 were made, making sprinklers, automatic alarms and evacuation schemes ...
2024 Port Hills fire, New Zealand; Northern hemisphere. Wildfires in the United States during 2024. ... This page was last edited on 12 November 2024, ...
Category: Fires in New Zealand. 2 languages. ... 2024 Port Hills fire; 2017 Port Hills fires; R. Raetihi Forest fire; S. Seacliff Lunatic Asylum fire; T. Tamahere ...
By 7 June, the Wellington City Mission had raised NZ$360,000 for residents who had lost possessions during the fire. However, only NZ$92,000 of this amount had been given out to displaced residents who received an initial payment of NZ$500, followed by a further payment of NZ$1,000.
The New Zealand Government reimburses 95 Lake Alice Hospital survivors, who had part of their compensation payments deducted by legal fees in 2001. [358] 31 October — New Zealand signs a free trade agreement with the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). As part of the agreement, 99% of New Zealand exports to the GCC would become duty ...