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Wildfires in Manawatū-Whanganui
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 08:29 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 1,750 km² of Manawatū-Whanganui at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 149 km², ranking 4th of 17 regions of New Zealand.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2020, with 216 km² detected; the quietest was 2023, with 79 km². The 2021–2025 average is within 5% of the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
March, April and May together hold 48% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 9 November 2025, with detections in 31 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 1,750 km² with at least one detection, 3.1% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 1,470 | 84% |
| 2 years | 226 | 13% |
| 3 to 5 years | 54 | 3.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -40.25, 175.25 and holds 26% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 127 | 142 |
| 2013 | 172 | 220 |
| 2014 | 175 | 194 |
| 2015 | 154 | 183 |
| 2016 | 135 | 187 |
| 2017 | 102 | 126 |
| 2018 | 112 | 140 |
| 2019 | 173 | 226 |
| 2020 | 216 | 253 |
| 2021 | 152 | 189 |
| 2022 | 158 | 196 |
| 2023 | 79 | 94 |
| 2024 | 127 | 158 |
| 2025 | 210 | 260 |
Other regions of New Zealand
- Canterbury627 km² in an average year
- Otago209 km² in an average year
- Southland169 km² in an average year
- Waikato140 km² in an average year
- Northland137 km² in an average year
- Taranaki101 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby regions
- Hawke's Bay139 km
- Taranaki140 km
- Waikato277 km
- Canterbury484 km
- Northland517 km
- Otago801 km