Loafers Lodge
Long Read: The Flames of Our Shame
By Max Rashbrooke: While the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge has reinforced calls for greater scrutiny of boarding houses, the warning signals have been around for years. Audio
The Week in Detail: Bilingual signs, starving universities, and vulnerable men
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Long Read: How Mike Wahrlich became 'the juggler'
By David Cohen: The death of Mike 'the juggler' Wahrlich in the Loafers Lodge fire prompts Cohen to examine Mike's past. Audio
The Week in Detail: India, mānuka and 'greedflation'
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Loafers Lodge and the lessons for higher density housing
In the push to get more people living in higher density housing, have our fire and building regulations been left behind? Audio
Police retrieving bodies from Loafers Lodge after fatal fire
In Wellington, police have begun recovering bodies from the scene of the deliberately-lit Loafers Lodge fire. The fire broke out in the Newtown building just after midnight on Tuesday, but it's still… Video, Audio
Loafers Lodge survivors face uncertain futures after major loss
Residents displaced by the Loafers Lodge fire are now faced with the reality of losing their homes, a sense of community, and even their friends.
Support service organisations in Wellington are… Video, Audio
Police treating Loafers Lodge fatal fire as arson
Police are now treating the fatal fire at a Wellington hostel as arson, and say it was not the first fire there that night.
The government has also announced it will look into whether building… Video, Audio
Community in shock after fatal Loafers Lodge fire
In Wellington the Newtown and Mt Cook communities are in shock after the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge on Adelaide Road.
Checkpoint reporter Jimmy Ellingham talks to neighbouring residents.
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MPs in Parliament acknowledge fatal Loafers Lodge fire
Political leaders addressed Parliament this afternoon, acknowledging the loss of life, those left displaced, and the dedicated work of police, fire and medical staff at the tragic scene at Loafers… Audio
Tenant of Loafers Lodge for 10 years describes life at property
A former tenant of Loafers Lodge says fire drills and alarms were a regular occurence but it was up to residents to decide whether to evacuate in the evenings because there was no overnight security… Audio
Loafers Lodge fire: Property was home to some 501 deportees
Let's return to the devastating fire in Wellington now. Loafers Lodge was home to some deportees from Australia, known as 501s.
501 deportee advocate Filipa Payne talks to Lisa Owen.
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Wellington Mayor on fatal Loafers Lodge fire
Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau talks to Checkpoint reporter Jimmy Ellingham about the devastating fire at Loafers Lodge on Aidelaide Road.
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Loafers Lodge fire: Demand for answers in fire alarm confusion
Residents of Wellington's Loafers Lodge were woken to plumes of smoke and roaring flames billowing out of the hostel in the early hours of this morning.
Footage sent in to RNZ by one of the residents… Video, Audio
Loafers Lodge blaze: 'It doesn't get worse than this' - fire fighter
"It doesn't get worse than this." That from a fire commander at the blaze that's claimed multiple lives at Loafer's Lodge on Wellington's Adelaide Road.
The building appears to have caught fire just… Video, Audio