Three fire trucks and a tanker were called to the blaze at Waimapu Road just after 9pm.

A Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesperson says the fire covered an area of trees and scrub.

'The scrub fire was about 20-by-20 metres and was extinguished by crews.”

Flames up to 10m high were seen in the air and smoke and embers blew across the nearby State Highway 29.

Both SH29 and Waimapu Pa road was closed for a time.

There is no information as of yet on the cause of the blaze.

The blaze today. Photos: Rosalie Liddle Crawford.