Fire destroys Paihia waterfront landmark

From Checkpoint, 5:47 pm on 4 June 2025

There was heartbreak in Northland today after fire destroyed a landmark which has graced the Paihia waterfront for more than 50 years. Once Kelly Tarlton's Museum of Shipwrecks and later a popular restaurant, the Tui had fallen into disrepair in recent years, but it was just about to get a new lease of life. Peter de Graaf reports.