7 April 2025
Forest owners and farmers want a review into Fire and Emergency NZ, saying wildfire specialist skills and capability is being lost. In 2017 the National Rural Fire Authority, 12 rural fire districts, and 26 territorial rural authorities merged with the New Zealand Fire Service and the Fire Service Commission, to become Fire and Emergency NZ.
The change gave the new entity – referred to as FENZ – the legal mandate to respond to a wider range of emergencies and weather events – something it was previously doing outside of its legislation. The change also promised better co-ordination across the country, centralised training and funding and better support for volunteers.
Source: RNZ
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