2 Nov 2025

Orewa cafe fire being treated as suspicious

12:07 pm on 2 November 2025
Damage done to the Sunflour cafe in Orewa.

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.

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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