The hot spots were detected by thermal imaging.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand incident controller Mark Mawhinney said ground crews with hand tools worked yesterday to extinguish seven hot spots, while helicopters were water bombing the other six, which could not be accessed on the ground.
While no new fire activity was detected yesterday, by late afternoon the wind was picking up, with sustained speeds of up to 40kmh.
Helicopters were stood down because of high winds about 4pm and ground crews had withdrawn by 5pm. Steady rain fell from late yesterday afternoon.
Gusts were expected to die down overnight.
Emergency services were first called to the fire about 4.35pm on Friday.
By Saturday night, it had grown to about 200ha, in the Twenty Five Mile Creek area, and was initially fought by eight helicopters and four ground crews.
On Sunday, seven ground crews and six helicopters continued to battle the blaze, which had grown to about 230ha, destroyed land on Mt Creighton Station and reached an area managed by the Department of Conservation.
Mr Mawhinney said the "mopping up" would continue today.
