Damian George

Police are treating a house fire in Wakari, Dunedin, last night as suspicious.

When 7-year-old Charlotte Wheeler saw water in the hallway of her family's house in St Kilda, she knew she would not be staying at home for a while.

For Dunedin woman Bernadette Hyland, a simple trip to Cambodia was the catalyst for a fundraising drive which has now raised more than $18,000.