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Kāpiti Coast pizza store owner gets 10 months' home detention for tax evasion

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

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As of October 17, 2026 at 6:46 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened Wenbin Shi had faced multiple charges in the Porirua District Court, with the judge telling him his offending was not a victimless crime.
The headline split The left frames it as "Pizza store owner punished for failure to pay $500,000 in tax". The center frames it as "Paraparaumu Hell’s Pizza owner gets 10 months’ home detention for tax evasion".
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 confidenceModerate

62/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftPizza store owner punished for failure to pay $500,000 in tax

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

CenterKāpiti Coast pizza store owner gets 10 months' home detention for tax evasion

Radio New Zealand · Center · News report

Right / center-rightNo matching source in this bucket yet.

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SEE THE HEADLINES

CenterHigh
Radio New ZealandNews report · Oct 17, 2:51 AM

Kāpiti Coast pizza store owner gets 10 months' home detention for tax evasion

Wenbin Shi had faced multiple charges in the Porirua District Court, with the judge telling him his offending was not a victimless crime.

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Center-leftMostly Factual
Stuff (New Zealand)News report · Oct 17, 6:46 AM

Pizza store owner punished for failure to pay $500,000 in tax

Wenbin “Ivan” Shi repaid $100,000 before sentencing, leaving Inland Revenue with a loss of $403,855.

Open source
CenterHigh
The New Zealand HeraldNews report · Oct 17, 2:11 AM

Paraparaumu Hell’s Pizza owner gets 10 months’ home detention for tax evasion

Wenbin (Ivan) Shi operated the Paraparaumu Hell’s Pizza franchise from 2014.

Open source
Details62/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 3 sources
62/99 Wording GapMedium confidence3 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Oct 17, 2:11 AM: The New Zealand Herald joined the source map.

Oct 17, 2:51 AM: Radio New Zealand joined the source map.

Oct 17, 6:46 AM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 62/99 and story health is live match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.