Fire and Emergency were called to a 30 square metre scrub fire off a cliff near the base of the lighthouse just after 11.30 last night.

It's not clear if the lighthouse was damaged.

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Other Accident and Emergency News

07 Nov: School children are shaken-up after their bus was involved in a fatal crash with a car in Rotorua's Owhata last night

07 Nov: A large shed is ablaze just north of Christchurch - after a fire started in a hedge line in Ohoka, about 9.30am

07 Nov: Power has been restored to the Far North but residents are being asked to continue to conserve power today

07 Nov: Two off-license premises in the Central North Island town of Taihape have been caught selling alcohol to underage volunteers

07 Nov: Wellingtonians have reported being jolted in their sofas and beds last night - by a sharp 4.9 magnitude earthquake

06 Nov: Wellingtonians have been rattled by a magnitude 4.9 quake

06 Nov: A man's in hospital with serious injuries after an assault in his Opotiki home in the Bay of Plenty, early this morning

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