Multiple 111 calls alerted Fire and Emergency to the large blaze at Seaview Terraces yesterday morning..

Large flames and plumes of black smoke could be seen right around Hokitika and surrounding areas.

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28 Aug: It has been revealed a young German woman killed in an Auckland workplace accident was crushed to death by a 330 kilogram metal gate

27 Aug: Suspected Porepunkah gunman Dezi Freeman stripped of gun licence prior to police shooting

27 Aug: Warnings of delays on Wellington's transmission Gully following a two-vehicle crash

27 Aug: Emergency services are unsure how a person became trapped in an old mine shaft on the West Coast this morning

27 Aug: People going fishing are being urged to wear a lifejacket, even if they're fishing off rocks

26 Aug: The first firefighters to enter the fatal Loafers Lodge hostel blaze have described their narrow escape from the building shortly before a deadly flashover happened

26 Aug: A search is continuing for a vessel that's gone missing in the Cook Strait overnight - with several people on board

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