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Blaze at cafe next to New Zealand's oldest building 'suspicious', FENZ says

Stuff (New Zealand) and Radio New Zealand describe the same event in different terms.

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As of September 5, 2026 at 2:28 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened Police are investigating the blaze at Kerikeri's Honey House Café, which started in a storage shed around 11.30pm on Friday.
The headline split The left frames it as "Fire next to NZ’s oldest building ‘suspicious’". The center frames it as "Blaze at cafe next to New Zealand's oldest building 'suspicious', FENZ says".
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WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftFire next to NZ’s oldest building ‘suspicious’

Stuff (New Zealand) · Center-left · News report

CenterBlaze at cafe next to New Zealand's oldest building 'suspicious', FENZ says

Radio New Zealand · Center · News report

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Radio New ZealandNews report · Sep 5, 2:28 AM

Blaze at cafe next to New Zealand's oldest building 'suspicious', FENZ says

Police are investigating the blaze at Kerikeri's Honey House Café, which started in a storage shed around 11.30pm on Friday.

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Stuff (New Zealand)News report · Sep 5, 12:22 AM

Fire next to NZ’s oldest building ‘suspicious’

Fire and Emergency NZ were called to The Honey House Café at 11.35pm on Friday night.

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Details60/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
60/99 Wording GapLow confidence2 sources · 2 bias bucketsDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 bucketsFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Sep 5, 12:22 AM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.

Sep 5, 2:28 AM: Radio New Zealand joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 60/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.