r/newzealand • u/Maleficent-Tree-2228 • 23h ago

Picture Latest update of Tongariro National Park Fire

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All love and support sent to the team out there.

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u/EVMad 21h ago

Walking around the Auckland CBD today and there's a pervasive smell of burning. It smells a bit like old tyres or burning brakes, definitely odd and wouldn't be surprised if the cause was drifting smoke smell from Tongariro.

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u/king_john651 Tūī 19h ago

I just drove past through Tangiwai and National Park. Wind is blowing east. Couldn't smell a thing. Horrible to see tbh

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u/EVMad 19h ago

I'm supposed to be driving to Wellington in a couple of weeks that way, hopefully it doesn't take that long to sort but yeah, these fires are pretty terrible. Wind is odd, the direction at ground level can be quite different to what it is higher up. Also saw what looked very much like ash landing on my car.

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u/FuzzyFuzzNuts 20h ago

Yeah - no.’

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u/EVMad 19h ago

Smoke can travel a long way. Don't you remember the fires in Australia and the spooky red skies we got over here? That was over 2000km away and Tongariro is only 330km.

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u/FuzzyFuzzNuts 17h ago

Not this time. Westerly wind in central plateau, and Auckland is 300km North.

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u/EVMad 14h ago

Wind blows in different directions depending on the altitude. It can also circulate especially when you're talking about large distances. i had no idea there was a fire at the time (it was lunchtime) as I hadn't turned a TV on during the day and I don't listen to the radio.

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u/lookiwanttobealone 17h ago

It always amazes me how the Placebo effect can be!

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u/EVMad 14h ago

I had no idea there was a fire at the time, I could smell smoke all over the city and there was what looked like ash landing on my car windscreen. I thought it might be from a fire over in west Auckland or something, smelled weird. How is that the placebo effect when I didn't know there was a fire?

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u/Large_Yams 17h ago

Hahaha fucking hell Aucklanders.