Graduating as a firefighter is a monumental moment for our people, but it’s even more monumental when you also get engaged.

At yesterday’s graduation (24 June), new firefighter Ihakara Masoe got down on one knee to propose to his now-fiancee Bailey.

Supported by his fellow graduates at the National Training Centre in Rotorua, Ihakara draped a sign from the side of a training building asking Bailey to marry him, and she said yes!

Congratulations to Ihakara and Bailey on their engagement and we wish them all the best on the birth of their first child in the coming weeks.

 

Watch the special moment below:

 

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