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The New Zealand HeraldNews report · Sep 5, 12:27 AM
Blaze at cafe next to New Zealand’s oldest building ‘suspicious’, Fire and Emergency says
Police are investigating a fire at Honey House Cafe beside Kemp House and the Stone Store.
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Blaze at cafe next to New Zealand’s oldest building ‘suspicious’, Fire and Emergency says
Stuff (New Zealand) and The New Zealand Herald 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 a fire at Honey House Cafe beside Kemp House and the Stone Store.
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".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 3 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium
3 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceMild
46/99 — small wording differences, not a major framing split.
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’, Fire and Emergency says
The New Zealand Herald · 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.
Details46/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 3 sources
46/99 Wording GapMedium confidence3 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report
SOURCE MAP CHANGES
Sep 5, 12:22 AM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.
Sep 5, 12:27 AM: The New Zealand Herald joined the source map.
Sep 5, 2:28 AM: Radio New Zealand joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 46/99 and story health is live match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.