Three Wairoa men have been charged over this past weekend. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER
Three violent but unrelated crimes have resulted in charges for three Wairoa men this past weekend.
A Wairoa man appeared in court charged with arson, after a house fire in Frasertown on Saturday night.
Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Darren Pritchard said the house was completely destroyed.
The 37-year-old appeared in court in Gisborne on Tuesday.
In a separate, unrelated crime, gunshots were reported in Clyde Domain in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It was followed by a serious crash on Kopu Road.
The driver was killed, and a 27-year-old passenger sustained minor injuries. He was subsequently arrested and charged with firearms-related offending.
He is scheduled to appear in Wairoa District Court on the 25 May.
Another man allegedly presented a firearm on Ruataniwha Road at around midday on Saturday.
Soon after, officers found him in a vehicle and arrested him.
The 50-year-old man appeared in Gisborne District Court, facing several firearms and drug-related charges.
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