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Three arrested over west Auckland blaze
Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged arson and burglary of a west Auckland discount store gutted in a fire early today.
Man 'helping police' after huge blaze
At least one man is "helping police with inquiries" after a suspicious blaze gutted a West Auckland discount shop overnight.
Netball boss facing arson charges resigns
The chief executive of Canterbury Netball and the Tactix trans-Tasman netball championship franchise has resigned.
Insurer ordered to pay for house deliberately set alight
AMI Insurance has been ordered to pay for damage to a leaky building in the Auckland suburb of Epsom that was deliberately set alight.
Sons can't forgive mother's killer
Brad Chapman said he would never forgive Tonya Bennett for setting fire to his Pukekohe home knowing his mother was asleep upstairs.
Girl jailed for mother's fatal burning
A teenager who admitted murdering a mother-of-three by setting her house alight was today jailed for a minimum of 11 and a half years.
Man charged over fire victim's death
A 28-year-old North Shore man has appeared in court over the murder of Jacqueline Blackbourn in a house fire last month.
Feilding murder probe looks at cold case arson
Police investigating the murder of a dairy farmer in his driveway are looking into an unsolved arson at the property two years ago.
Owners of burned hotel had enforced no-patch rule
A bar owner reportedly doused in petrol before he escaped his burning hotel had previous run-ins with gang members, locals say.
Robbers doused hotelier in petrol, lit hotel
A man was doused in petrol but managed to crawl to safety as his hotel burned to the ground after a robbery this morning.