5:44 pm today

Tongariro businesses hit as fire frightens off tourists

From Checkpoint, 5:44 pm today

The fire burning in Tongariro National Park is now contained, but the after effects are still taking a toll on the tourist hotspot's economy. It's the second major fire in just a month -- the first of which seared some 3000 hectares of the world heritage site national park. Jimmy Ellingham reports