A crew is continuing to dampen hotspots.

The blaze spread a little under a hectare - and a fire and emergency spokesperson believes it may have been sparked by a vehicle exhaust.

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03 Jan: Former Environment Canterbury Chair Craig Pauling has been selected as the Green Party candidate for the Canterbury Banks Peninsula electorate

30 Dec: Disgraced rich-lister James Wallace's Christchurch house - McLean's Mansion - could soon have a new owner

29 Dec: A person's seriously injured after a crash, where a car rolled in Christchurch's city central

29 Dec: Police are continuing to look into reports someone had a firearm in Christchurch's Halswell Quarry and Kennedy's Bush area about 10.30 yesterday morning

28 Dec: Crews are cleaning up an oil spill along a stretch of State Highway 73, between Christchurch and the West Coast

28 Dec: History for Sparks batter Laura Harris during her side's six-wicket victory over the Canterbury Magicians in their women's T20 Super Smash match in Alexandra

27 Dec: A fiery crash on Canterbury's State Highway 1 has shut lanes this morning

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