Appeal after shots fired
Detectives returned to an Onerahi home yesterday after two shots fired through a wooden fence hit a neighbouring home on Wednesday. Police were called to Ross Rd about 4.20pm. No one was injured in a melee in which two shots were fired. Detective Sergeant John Miller said two people were outstanding and they wanted to hear from anyone who may know where they were. If you can help police please call 0800 Crimestoppers or 0800 555 111.
Fire blamed on light
A faulty light fitting is thought to have been behind a fire at Okaihau College in the Far North yesterday. The Okaihau Fire Brigade was called to the school about 10.15am after reports the assembly hall was on fire. Firefighters found a fluorescent light fitting ablaze. Damage was limited to a small section of ceiling. An electrician has been called in to inspect the remaining fittings. A fluorescent light fitting was blamed for the fire that destroyed the Kaikohe ABC early childhood centre in July.
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