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Banter Tv History

1 items · 1 aliases · peaked week of 12 Apr 2026 · first seen 10 May 2026

A podcast episode reflects on the evolution of New Zealand's media, particularly the rise of comedy-driven platforms like Banter TV, the challenges of left-wing talkback radio, and the heightened security measures around Jacinda Ardern's public event, framed through a personal, l

Volume by source orientation Methodology →

Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.

Alias drift

How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.

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Heard on radio

Verbatim segments from politicians speaking on podcasts and radio shows about this topic. Sourced via the voice-reference library — each speaker has been confirmed manually from their voice clip. Click play to stream the original audio from the publisher, pre-seeked to the moment the quote starts.

  • Yeah. The two things about that is what I hear you saying, what I would say to you is what I hear you saying is Winston's a bit of a handbrake for Shane Jones at the moment. And if Winston wasn't there for whatever natural reasons or decisions, that might be the case. It might be worse. And the second thing is before you respond to that, the devastating history of who that man used to be. Like who he used to be, Aotearoa, 1990, 150 years of oppression, you know, the famous imagery of where he's come from to how far he has fallen. It's devastating. boring before oh Tim yeah
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Sample framings

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big-hairy-news Centre-left

a lost or forgotten media experiment with nostalgic value

#BHN Bryon Clark, on Victor Orban's loss | Hosking on Luxon's numbers | Luxon on Luxon's numbers
13 Apr
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