Mount Maunganui Police have today arrested a man in connection with the explosion and subsequent fire at an Oceanbeach Road, Mount Maunganui address on 23 April.
The 39-year-old unemployed plasterer will appear in the Tauranga District Court later today.
He faces charges of manufacturing methamphetamine, possession of pre-cursor chemicals and arson.
Detective Sergeant Brazier of the Mount Maunganui CIB says that a second person of interest to the police is still in Waikato Hospital undergoing treatment for severe burns, sustained during the fire at the house.
His current condition is listed as stable.
D J BRAZIER
Detective Sergeant
Mt Maunganui CIB