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Canterbury fire suspicious

Arson latest attack on kids

The head teacher at a Northland kindergarten has made a plea to the community to help catch the culprits who are destroying their playground with vandalism that now includes an arson attack.

Twist in deadly fire case 40 years on

Forty years after 15 people died in the firebombing of Brisbane's Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub, controversy and conspiracy theories still surround what was until the Port Arthur massacre, Australia's worst mass murder.

Arson charge after fire destroys truck

Shock at arsonist's release

A Rotorua woman whose home was torched by her ex-partner is shocked he has been released from jail after serving just over one-third of his sentence.

Scooters set alight in Wellington

Three houses lost: Firebugs blamed

Three houses worth a total of almost $2.5 million in the Auckland suburb of Westmere will have to be rebuilt after an arson attack on one being renovated.

Northland fire stirs up beachfront tension

A suspected arson at a beautiful but remote Northland settlement has revived grievances over land ownership.

Kawakawa police link fires to teen