Fire crews battle forest blaze near Waimakariri River

Firefighters are tacking a huge forest blaze near the Waimakariri River in Canterbury. 05 February 2024 [View in Browser]( Hello and welcome to your morning briefing from Stuff, bringing you the top stories and news you'll want to read. [Fire crews battle forest blaze near Waimakariri River]( [Fire crews battle forest blaze near Waimakariri River]( [Firefighters are tacking a huge forest blaze near the Waimakariri River in Canterbury.]( [Powerhouses of te ao Māori come together in challenge to Government]( [Powerhouses of te ao Māori come together in challenge to Government]( [It was a historic day at Waitangi as the powerhouses of te ao Māori arrived, driving an unmissable, unequivocal, unmatchable stake in the ground.]( [PM at odds with Waitangi Trust over separate welcome for government parties]( [PM at odds with Waitangi Trust over separate welcome for government parties]( [Political scrap between Labour and National over separate pōwhiri]( [Tribunal throws out tenant’s $107,000 compensation claim]( [Tribunal throws out tenant’s $107,000 compensation claim]( [The woman’s claims included $61,900 for mould removal she had no evidence of.]( [Blindness not stopping this Kiwi globetrotter]( [Blindness not stopping this Kiwi globetrotter]( [Fraser Alexander thought he was on a race against time to see the things he wanted to see, now he’s been to more than 60 countries.]( [‘Good teachers really make a difference’]( [‘Good teachers really make a difference’]( [OPINION: If I was a teacher, it would be my goal to be the sort of teacher whose name would come up in those sorts of conversations, many years later.]( [How extreme weather is driving mortgage pain]( [How extreme weather is driving mortgage pain]( [Every cyclone or heatwave hitting farms and cities extends the cost-of-living crisis, experts warn.]( [Murder in the ‘Twilight Zone’]( [Murder in the ‘Twilight Zone’]( [One local calls Waitaanga the Twilight Zone “because strange things happen up here”. Such as a mate being shot and incinerated.]( [Kiwis urged to ‘slip, slop, slap’ as weather warms up]( [Kiwis urged to ‘slip, slop, slap’ as weather warms up]( [MetService is urging people to heed the “slip, slop, slap and wrap” message, as a ridge of high pressure blankets the country.]( Enjoying this email? [Check out Stuff's other daily and weekly newsletters](. [Feedback]( [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( Stuff, 4 Williamson Ave, Ponsonby, Auckland, 1021, New Zealand