Marjorie Cook

Firefighters fully contained the Glendhu Bluffs/Emerald Bay fire site near Wanaka yesterday and Fire and Emergency New Zealand scaled back its operations.

Wanaka police are cautioning people to be careful with their cooking equipment outdoors after a large blaze destroyed a Department of Conservation reserve at Glendhu Bluffs on Sunday.

A massive fire on the shores of Lake Wanaka, which has burnt through hundreds of hectares of farmland and native bush, is mostly under control, but hot, dry weather forecast for the next week means...

Firefighters will continue to control and monitor the perimeter of a 280 hectare Glendhu Bluffs fire site near Lake Wanaka for the rest of this week but now consider the huge blaze mostly contained...