Teens arrested for school arson

Two teenage boys have been arrested for an arson attack on the Hoani Waititi Marae School in West Auckland which gutted two classrooms in October.

Waitakere police yesterday executed two search warrants and arrested the boys, aged 14 and 15.

Two classrooms at the Marae School were extensively damaged by fire in the early hours of the morning on October 24 after they had been burgled.

The boys have been charged with burglary and arson and are due to appear in the Waitakere Youth Court today.

- NZHERALD STAFF