A bushfire ADVICE is in place for people in the vicinity of MILLSTREAM CHICHESTER NATIONAL PARK in the SHIRE OF ASHBURTON. There is no threat to lives or homes. There is a lot of smoke in the area.

Ashburton Shire chief executive Rob Paull said the ABS statistics did not tell the full story about his community. Many of the highest income earners in the region were fly-in, fly-out.