As specialist teams were removing two more bodies from the charred ruins of Loafers Lodge. a man was appearing in court charged with arson over the fire than killed them.
Four bodies have now been removed from the hostel, where a number of people died in an early morning blaze this week.
The remains of two people were taken to Wellington Hospital mortuary today, and work will continue over the weekend to extract another. Jemima Huston reports.
