A 350-metre exclusion zone was set up for safety, and the flares, thought to contain phosphorous, were disposed of at the scene.

The cordon has now been fully lifted.

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25 Dec: Two people are injured, and a holiday home's damaged, after a light aircraft crashed into a property on the Coromandel Peninsula

25 Dec: Two people have been badly injured after a car crashed into a tree in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne, early this morning

25 Dec: Aucklanders could be spared from the rain this Christmas despite earlier forecasts

25 Dec: Two people are injured after a stabbing in Ngaruawahia, north of Hamilton, overnight

25 Dec: A long-running Christmas tradition is again putting cash into the hands of Dunedin Hospital patients

25 Dec: Three people will appear in Youth Court in the coming days after an aggravated robbery in Hamilton yesterday morning involving a stolen vehicle

24 Dec: State Highway One through Northland's Waipu is blocked following a crash - leaving 5 people injured, one seriously

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