Two men have been charged with slashing the tyres of vehicles parked on Whangārei streets.
No pleas were taken when Derek James Lynn, 27, of Otangarei, and Wesley Ian Thomas Hodgkinson, 28, of Kensington, appeared in the Whangarei District Court on Monday.They were remanded in custody.
Both are jointly charged with the intentional damage of multiple car tyres between June 20 and June 29 and are further charged with intentional damage of car tyres between July 6 and July 25.
Both were initially facing seven charges each of arson and police laid eight more similar charges prior to this week's court appearance.
Lynn is facing four further arson charges dating back to July and August 2014 and is jointly charged with another person, who is not Hodgkinson.