Strike called off

The firefighters’ union have called off today’s strike action after making ‘‘significant progress’’ in negotiations with Fire and Emergency NZ. In a statement released yesterday afternoon, the New Zealand Professional Firefighters’ Union announced it had called off a twohour strike scheduled for today. Following two days of negotiations, the union said ‘‘significant progress’’ had been made with Fenz but stressed that a ‘‘settlement is yet to be reached’’. Other notified strike action remains in place.