Thread: Kaweka Fire

Helicopters battling scrub fire in Hawke's Bay | Stuff.co.nz

Saying it's in a forest in the Ripia area off SH5, hopefully it doesn't make it too the forest Park.

I came out at Te Puia / Mangatutu springs this afternoon and could see the smoke starting well North of the Mohaka and East of the park boundary. No worries going in to Mangaturutu or Makino. Saw several water tanker trucks and two trailers of helicopter fuel heading in along Pakaututu Rd about 15:30.

It's all tinder dry up around there with lots of dried out wind/snowfall branches on the ground. There are a lot of campers but no one's using open fires - its all gas cookers.