Northland Age
  • Northland Age home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Rural
  • Opinion
  • Kaitaia weather

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Far North
  • Kaitaia
  • Kaikohe
  • Bay of Islands
  • Whangārei

Weather

  • Kaitaia
  • Whangārei
  • Dargaville

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Northland Age

Police investigating second suspicious fire at Kaitaia Gun Club in just over a year

Northern Advocate
19 Mar, 2019 06:00 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Fire And Emergency staff were examining the Kaitaia Gun Club after it burnt down early yesterday. Photo / Denise Piper

Fire And Emergency staff were examining the Kaitaia Gun Club after it burnt down early yesterday. Photo / Denise Piper

Police are investigating a fire that destroyed the temporary home of the Kaitaia Gun Club, just over a year after its original home was also burnt down.

Fire and Emergency staff were called to a fire at the Kaitaia Gun Club, on Okahu Downs Drive, around 4.15am yesterday.

Following a scene examination yesterday police confirmed it was an arson and were investigating accordingly.

No one was at the property and there are no injuries, and enquiries were under way.
Yesterday's fire followed a suspicious blaze which completely destroyed the clubrooms on February 13, last year.

Kaitaia Gun club representative Mark Shaw declined to comment on what may have caused the latest fire.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"I just found out ... I don't know what to think," he said.

"The police are dealing with it now."

Police were late yesterday at the scene conducting a scene examination and working with fire safety investigators to determine the cause of the fire.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

They were not releasing any further information at this stage.

The temporary home of the Kaitaia Gun Club has been burnt down after the club moved there when their old clubroom was burnt down in February, last year.
The temporary home of the Kaitaia Gun Club has been burnt down after the club moved there when their old clubroom was burnt down in February, last year.

Meanwhile, gun clubs around Northland were considering their membership processes in light of the Christchurch shootings.

Fifty people died in the Christchurch mosque shooting on Friday, the worst terror attack in New Zealand history, after they were allegedly shot by Brenton Tarrant.

Tarrant was a member of the Bruce Rifle Club, south of Dunedin, but members said he never gave anyone cause for concern.

John Hendriks, of the Whangārei Combined Gun Club, said the club had a robust system but the latest incident had the sport shooting sector considering the future.

"Through the actions of some idiot our legitimate sport is being threatened."

Hendriks said there were strict processes that potential club members had to go through before they got on the range.

The Dargaville Pistol Club president Michael Andrews said the process to join was rigorous.

"The processes increases in vigour the more advanced the weapons are," he said.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Northland Age

Northland Age

'Pretty low': Burglary leaves trades students without tools

07 Jul 06:00 PM
Northland Age

Far North news in brief: Bottled water recall, writing competition for Year 13 students

07 Jul 05:00 PM
Northland Age

Far North talent shines as Smokefreerockquest returns to Kerikeri

07 Jul 02:00 AM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Northland Age

'Pretty low': Burglary leaves trades students without tools

'Pretty low': Burglary leaves trades students without tools

07 Jul 06:00 PM

Police investigate as tools worth $8000 to $10,000 taken from Taipa Area School.

Far North news in brief: Bottled water recall, writing competition for Year 13 students

Far North news in brief: Bottled water recall, writing competition for Year 13 students

07 Jul 05:00 PM
Far North talent shines as Smokefreerockquest returns to Kerikeri

Far North talent shines as Smokefreerockquest returns to Kerikeri

07 Jul 02:00 AM
Eight Northland stores caught selling vapes to under-18s in compliance test

Eight Northland stores caught selling vapes to under-18s in compliance test

06 Jul 11:09 PM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • The Northland Age e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to The Northland Age
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • The Northland Age
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP