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Tairāwhiti firefighters take on Auckland’s Sky Tower in memorial climb

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A group of seven Tairāwhiti volunteer firefighters were among 343 of their peers from around the country and overseas who took part in the Sky Tower 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in Auckland this week.

In full firefighting kit, they all tackled the 1003 stairs of the 60-storey Sky Tower.

The event commemorated the firefighters lost in the 9/11 tragedy in New York in 2001 and the 68 New Zealand fire...


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