Emergency services were called to Dunedin's Great King Street just after midday, with reports of a strong smell.

People have since been allowed back inside.

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04 Nov: A win for some people in the bottom of the South Island - with power back on for some left in the dark for more than 10 days

04 Nov: This year's winning Bird of the Year - karearea is attacking Wellington walkers on a popular bush walk

04 Nov: Whangarei's famous lion park's last seven elderly big cats - are being euthanised this week

04 Nov: People in Kaikoura are being urged to look for nationally vulnerable Hutton's shearwater birds, which may have crash landed

03 Nov: The fire is still burning at a house in Wellington's Island Bay - reported just before seven this evening

03 Nov: A house fire in Chrischurch's Hoon Hay last night isn't being treated as suspicious

02 Nov: Past fires on Auckland's mountains have once again forced the closure of the mountains over Guy Fawkes

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