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Inside the Comancheros revenge plot against bodybuilder's family after gang exit stoush
It was a messy break-up for the high-ranking patched member. His family paid the price.

'Please God, not my son': Family's pain remains as killer confesses 20 years on
Michael Slade died in a house bus fire that police thought was accidental.

Woman who set her own home alight rescued by heroic neighbour - then jailed
Kristle Manuel was unconscious in her burning Blenheim home when help arrived.

'Feared for her life': Man tried to strangle ex before setting her clothes on fire
A man hit his ex-girlfriend on the head and when she fled upstairs, he burned her clothes.

Arsonist blames meth and psychedelics after $4m Auckland lodge destroyed in blaze
She predicted to a friend she would burn the place down, then she followed through.

Man charged with seven counts of arson after Masterton church fires
It comes after a manhunt for 44-year-old Michael Kane McRae.

Second suspect arrested over Starmer firebomb attacks
The 26-year-old was arrested at Luton Airport.

Ukrainian charged with arson at properties linked to Starmer
Man faces three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.

It's a 'rough area': Tenants deny starting fire that damaged rental property
The fire happened hours after the tenants had been asked to remove a pile of rubbish.

'It was like an inferno': Third fire in a year destroys Napier home
A neighbouring home was also blackened by the roaring blaze.

'There’s a fire in your playground!': Hero schoolgirl alerts staff, saves lives in restaurant blaze
Nine-year-old Harper Davis saw "a flicker of fire" and raced to tell McDonald's staff.

Police investigate ‘suspected arson’ at Auckland McDonald's
Police are carrying out a scene examination at the restaurant this morning.

Armed police outside Auckland funeral home following blaze
Scene guards remain in place while an examination of the damage was under way.

Police Investigate Fire at South Auckland Funeral Directors
Fire and Emergency crews from South Auckland stations have attended an unexplained fire at a Funeral home in Mangere overnight. Video / NZ Herald

‘Unworthy of belief’: A judge didn't believe one man's story, but the higher courts did
Now Tony Harrison's arson conviction has been quashed.

'Have a good life': Grieving father forgives Ariki Rigby's killer
Murdered woman's family and supporters turn out in force for Napier court sentencing.

‘End of an era’: Aching bones of landmark highway house further crippled by fire
The historic house on State Highway 2, abandoned since the late 1960s, damaged in fire.

Revealed: Northland’s most costly fires in the past three years
The Whangārei Heads fire burned for more than a week - now the cost has been revealed.

Watch: Car engulfed in flames in suspicious Auckland fire
Intense smoke and flames could be seen coming from the fully-engulfed car.

Fourth arrest made in murder, arson case of 82-year-old
The man will appear in Hutt Valley District Court with three others today.

Three arrested for murder, arson of elderly man in Stokes Valley
Three men were arrested for murder and arson in Stokes Valley.