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Orewa cafe fire being treated as suspicious

12:07 pm on 2 November 2025

Damage done to the Sunflour cafe in Orewa. Photo: Sunflour / supplied

Police say they are treating a fire that caused extensive damage to a north Auckland cafe as suspicious.

Several fire crews responded to the blaze at Sunflour in Orewa shortly before 11.30pm on Saturday night.

Fire and Emergency was investigating.

In a social media post, Sunflour's owners said the cafe was broken into and set alight.

Damage done to the Sunflour cafe in Orewa. Photo: Sunflour / supplied

They said they were devastated and working on getting the premises repaired as quickly as possible.

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