A fire that destroyed a home in Kaikohe is being treated as arson and police are appealing to the public for information to help catch those responsible.
Police believe the fire on Monument Rd in Kaikohe on Saturday is suspicious, and are treating it as arson.
The alarm was raised about the fire, at 6.30pm, and fire appliances from Kaikohe, Kerikeri and Kawakawa attended the blaze.
Firefighters spent more than three hours at the scene putting out the flames. The rental property was unoccupied at the time of the fire, with the previous tenants understood to have left several weeks ago.
Police said as the investigation into the fire is ongoing, they are unable to go into further detail.