{"id":536177,"date":"2026-07-21T02:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T02:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/536177\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T02:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T02:58:09","slug":"onehunga-house-fire-police-want-to-identify-mystery-person-after-mans-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/536177\/","title":{"rendered":"Onehunga house fire: Police want to identify mystery person after man\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">Rollinson was found dead at the property. <\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cPolice believe the person pictured may be able to assist in our investigation and are asking for the public\u2019s help to identify them,\u201d Greaves said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">At the time, locals spoken to by the Herald said the property was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/auckland\/onehunga-fire-probe-into-fatal-blaze-at-well-known-squatter-house\/6RKXQNZYUVE4PEZQ2ZU3PHHAII\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/auckland\/onehunga-fire-probe-into-fatal-blaze-at-well-known-squatter-house\/6RKXQNZYUVE4PEZQ2ZU3PHHAII\/\" target=\"_blank\">well-known for being a \u201csquatter\u201d house<\/a> and a bit of a \u201choarder place\u201d, prompting concern in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Police are searching to identify a person they believe can assist with information following a house fire in Onehunga. Photo \/ NZ Police\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Police are searching to identify a person they believe can assist with information following a house fire in Onehunga. Photo \/ NZ Police<\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">Auckland Council confirmed there  had been multiple complaints related to that address over the years, including two reports of \u201csmoke from rubbish being burned outdoors at this property\u201d in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">Police said if people recognised the person or had any information that could assist with the inquiries, they should contact 105, quoting reference number 260522\/8479. <\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rollinson was found dead at the property. \u201cPolice believe the person pictured may be able to assist in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[47118,74,47178,634,2079,10053,33491,296,12898,3375,5158,16122,8732,111,43,139,69,31779,4056,675,61,4524,5977,102],"class_list":["post-536177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-70yearold","tag-after","tag-assist","tag-death","tag-fire","tag-house","tag-identify","tag-into","tag-investigation","tag-killed","tag-man","tag-mans","tag-mystery","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-onehunga","tag-person","tag-police","tag-to","tag-want","tag-which","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}