Northland news briefs: No suspects in suspicious lodge fire; and Hongi Hika's musket withdrawn from sale after authenticity questioned
13 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Kohukohu's Masonic Lodge, a 130-year-old category 2 heritage building, was destroyed in a suspicious fire on April 30. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Kohukohu's Masonic Lodge, a 130-year-old category 2 heritage building, was destroyed in a suspicious fire on April 30. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Northern Advocate
Police investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a heritage building in Kohukohu have a few more people to interview but no firm suspects yet. The 130-year-old Masonic Lodge was razed in a ferocious fire that started around 4.30am on April 30. Only the efforts of volunteer firefighters — particularly Eva Walker and Lindsey Davidson — and a neighbour with a garden hose stopped the fire spreading to nearby cottages. Kaitaia Detective Sergeant Simon Wihongi said he planned to interview a few more people this week and urged anyone with information about the fire, or who had seen anything suspicious before the blaze to call 105.