Tag: Waiheke Volunteer Fire Brigade
Veteran firefighter awarded Gold Star for 25 years of heroism
Patrick Kilkelly hadn’t been living on Waiheke long when he signed up to join the island’s volunteer firefighters. His cousins had been firefighters on...
Kennedy Point man rescued after falling from cliff
A man in his 70s got stuck at the bottom of a cliff at Kennedy Point after falling 20 metres while taking a morning...
Gutted: Fire destroys kauri art site
Kauri sculptor John Freeman says he is lucky the fire that engulfed his Little Oneroa property on Sunday didn’t spread to nearby Goodwin Reserve.
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Revamped fire station opens with blessing
Gleaming fire engines lined Weka Road when the Waiheke Volunteer Fire Brigade turned out to mark the reopening of the Oneroa Fire Station on...
Truck fire at bottom end
Waiheke Volunteer Fire Brigade was in action on Saturday afternoon when a Volvo truck burst into flames as it was being driven past the...
