National Rural Fire Authority

The website of the organisation responsible for rural firefighting.

New Zealand Fire Service

The website of the Fire Service.

New Zealand Firefighters Calendar

The website of the popular calendar.

Review of fire legislation

This page on the Department of Internal Affairs website shows the progress of a review of laws around firefighting organisations.

United Fire Brigades’ Association of New Zealand

The organisation that represents New Zealand’s fire brigades and their members.

Arnold, Rollo. New Zealand’s burning: the settler’s world in the mid 1880s. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1994.

Bacon, Ron. Fire Service. Auckland: Waiatarua Publishing, 2002.

Boon, Kevin. Ballantyne’s fire. Petone: Nelson Price Milburn, 1990.

McLean, Gavin. Fires and firefighting. Wellington: Grantham House, 1992.