Witnesses said the fire was in bush at the Kakamatua Inlet, between Cornwallis and Huia. A resident, whose house is on a hill near the fire, wrote on Facebook that a helicopter had attached a monsoon bucket on her lawn.
The woman said she was not at home, but her house had been fire-protected.
"They have gelled our house and lawn and everything and [are] squirting water from our lawn. We are all away but have other family members there helping," she wrote.