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Second fire in a month destroys family home
A family home which was badly damaged by fire just two weeks ago was this morning completely destroyed by burglars.

Screams as blaze guts home
A suspected arson attack destroyed a home and damaged a business in West Auckland early yesterday.

Police station fire baffles officers
Coromandel town police officers are baffled as to why anyone would want to set fire to their small station.

Masterton 'dream car' torched
An apprentice mechanic whose dream car was torched in Masterton on Saturday has been swamped with offers of parts from all around the country.

Police apologise for 2005 wrongful arrest
Police today apologised for arresting a Tokoroa woman more than five years after she lost her job when she was wrongly charged with conspiracy to commit arson and two years after the police watchdog found the investigation was botched.

Prisoner sets fire to bedding, injures two
A prisoner set fire to her cell bedding at Christchurch Women's Prison last night, causing extensive damage and injuring two prison guards who came to help her.

Lesbian couple targeted in hate crime arson
A lesbian couple have been targeted by arson and had anti-gay slurs graffitied on their property.

Torched primary school to reopen on time
The Ministry of Education has stepped in make sure an Auckland primary school, torched by arsonists on Friday, can reopen on time.

Minutes to destroy, years to rebuild school
A clean-up began yesterday at a primary school left in ruins after a fire swept through a third of its buildings on Friday.