Man charged with arson after fires at Waiuku business park

Wednesday 26 November 2025 · 5 outlets · 6 reports · updated Wed 26 Nov 2025, 11:02am

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A 30-year-old man has been charged with arson following fires at a Waiuku recycling facility. The same shipping containers involved in a suspicious blaze on Monday caught fire again early Wednesday morning. The man is due to appear in Pukekohe District Court.

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1. StuffWed 26 Nov 2025, 6:43am

   Same shipping containers involved in suspicious Auckland fire break out in flames again (opens in new tab)

   • Man charged with arson after Waiuku business fire (opens in new tab) Wed 26 Nov 2025, 10:56am
2. RNZWed 26 Nov 2025, 8:49am

   Another fire breaks out at scene of earlier suspicious blaze at Waiuku (opens in new tab)

3. Otago Daily TimesWed 26 Nov 2025, 9:44am

   Man charged with arson at recycling facility (opens in new tab)

4. NZ HeraldWed 26 Nov 2025, 10:57am

   Man charged with arson over Waiuku fire, due in Pukekohe court (opens in new tab)

5. 1NewsWed 26 Nov 2025, 11:02am

   Arson charge laid after large Waiuku recycling fire (opens in new tab)