Morning report. 1987-12-17, [FIRE FIGHTERS IN OKAIHAU ANGRY AND ENGINE SWAP].

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Year
1987
Reference
1150
Media type
Audio
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Year
1987
Reference
1150
Media type
Audio
Categories
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio news programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:02:32
Credits
RNZ Collection
Corkery, Pam
McKinnon, Bruce
WARD, Stewart
New Zealand Fire Service

Pam Corkery reports on the protest by the small Northland community of Okaihau in the Bay of Islands. The town's modern fire engine is to be replaced by an older open decked machine. Community spokesman Stewart Ward says it is a museum piece and local fire chief Bruce McKinnon explains why he chained himself to the modern engine to keep it from being removed.