The owners of a service station destroyed in a blaze overnight fire had moved from Auckland to Kaipara in search of a better life for their young family.
Instead, they have been targeted by multiple ram raids and burglaries - and now, in an unrelated incident, the business has been levelled in a devastating blaze.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand investigators are examining overnight’s massive blaze at Gas Kaihu.
Kaipara District councillor Ash Nayyar told the Herald the family’s loss of their business in the fire was heartbreaking.