A house was on fire on Clinkard Avenue in Rotorua on the evening of the 27th of February, 2018.
Police are making progress in their investigation into a suspicious fire that gutted a Housing New Zealand home in Clinkard Ave, Rotorua last week.
A police spokesman said they were "following positive lines of inquiry".
Firefighters were called to the wooden home just before 6pm last Tuesday.
The remains of the Clinkard Ave house. Photo/Stephen Parker
Fire risk managementofficer Stuart Craddock said the fire was "definitely suspicious", and determined it started in the lounge and was fuelled by furniture.