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24 August 2026

Too early to tell if large Wānaka blaze suspicious, fire investigators say

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Too early to tell if large Wānaka blaze suspicious, fire investigators say

Fire investigators are still working to establish whether Saturday night's large vegetation fire in Wānaka was suspicious and want to hear from people in the area.

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