Police have charged a man with arson in relation to two fires in Mount Maunganui.
In a statement today, police said a fire was started in a building on Hull Rd, which contains the Mount Maunganui Police Station, along with other businesses, on the night of April 17.
While the fire was extinguished before becoming well-established, there was a fair amount of damage caused, police said.
Later that evening a street pole housing a CCTV camera was also set alight, destroying both the pole and the camera.
Police yesterday executed a search warrant at a Mount Maunganui property and arrested a 36-year-old man in relation to the incidents.
