Photo: Supplied / Volker and Jan Seipel
Two German tourists who were camping at Whakapapa were stunned how quickly a blaze at Tongariro National Park grew between the time they left their campsite and tried to return.
Volker and Jan Seipel are from Heilbronn in Germany.
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