Two fire safety investigators are looking into the cause of a fire that destroyed the well used Tangiteroria Sports Complex this morning.
The complex, which was built after a massive community fundraising effort, went up in flames around 3am this morning, a spokeswoman for Fire and Emergency NZ FENZ said.
It's on Pukehuia Rd, about 32km south west of Whangārei.
She said FENZ received the call that the complex, which is about 40 metres by 20 metres was on fire and two crews from Dargaville and one from Whangārei attended.
However, she said, the building was well ablaze by the time firefighters got there and the complex could not be saved.