Police have formally apologised to a Tokoroa woman and her family after she was wrongfully arrested in 2005.
The case was the subject of an Independent Police Conduct Authority review, which found that police actions against Mii Teotokai, a justice of the peace, were unprofessional, unreasonable and unjustified.
She was wrongly accused of arson of a pre-school in 2005.
Bay of Plenty district commander, Superintendant Glenn Dunbier, says he apologised unreservedly to Mrs Teotokai and her family on Tuesday for any stress or harm caused.
Mrs Teotokai's son-in-law, David White, a former policeman, lodged the original complaint, saying at the time that he could not understand the actions of former colleagues.
