The blaze is NOT being treated as suspicious.

Meanwhile, the playground at Rotorua's Malfroy School has been set alight overnight.

That fire IS being treated as suspicious.

Fire investigators are due back at both schools this morning.

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28 Apr: Franklin has beaten Tauranga 85-74 in their NBL basketball match in Pukekohe

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27 Apr: It's taken three rounds but the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic have prevailed for their first win of the the ANZ netball Premiership

27 Apr: A 4.7 magnitude earthquake has hit south of the Taranaki town of Waverley

25 Apr: A Waikato road will be closed for some time while a power pole is fixed

25 Apr: RNZ reports people attending New Plymouth's Anzac Day dawn service, lifted a car out of the way before the ceremony could get started

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