Northland man charged with arson after home destroyed by fire
18 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Firefighters managed to save a shed at the Ngawhitu Rd property but the house was too far gone. Photo / Supplied
Firefighters managed to save a shed at the Ngawhitu Rd property but the house was too far gone. Photo / Supplied
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
A man has been charged with arson after a house burned to the ground in the rural Mid North on Sunday night.
The alarm was raised just after 10pm on Ngawhitu Rd, west of Moerewa off Ngapipito Rd.
Northland solo dad, eight kids lose everything in house fire
31 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Tui Strachan with two of his eight children, Shavaea, 11, and Angel, 19, and the ruins of their home. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
A Northland family is starting 2021 in the worst possible way with their home and all their belongings destroyed in a ferocious house fire.
Ten people solo dad Tui Strachan, his eight children aged 5 to 21, and one guest were asleep when the fire started about 5.50am yesterday on Leonard St, off Whitemans Rd in Kawakawa.