The debate over whether New Zealand should legalise and regulate recreational cannabis use, including the 2020 binding referendum on the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill and ongoing public and policy discussion about decriminalisation alternatives.
How the framings classify across 4 articles. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.
Up to 12 framings across outlets and orientations — each a short phrase the extractor generated to characterise the piece's editorial angle (not a quote). Filter by lean to see how each bloc is spinning the story; click through to read the original.
a necessary shift from criminalisation to regulation
\\ \\ 2 December 2019\\ \\ Press Release\\ \\ **HCF reiterates support for yes vote in Cannabis Referendum** \\ \\ The Helen Clark Foundation today reiterated its support for a yes vote in next year’s cannabis referendum, following today’s announcement…\\ \\ H\\ \\ Helen Clark Foundationreplaced with health-based approach
\\ \\ 30 April 2020\\ \\ Press Release\\ \\ **Cannabis Legalisation And Control Bill: Once-in-a-generation Chance To Put Public Health First** \\ \\ The Helen Clark Foundation welcomes the Government’s release of the Cannabis Legalisation and Control Bill on which New Zealanders will…\\ \\ H\\ \\ Helen Clark FoundationLobby groups, unions, think tanks and industry bodies whose own releases or whose people’s media appearances touched this topic over the last 12 months. Owned = their own press releases; earned = their people quoted across radio, press & commentary. A card carried in both — with the release coming first — is the agenda-setting signal. Co-occurrence isn’t proof a group drove the coverage.
a necessary shift from criminalisation to regulation
Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.
How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.
How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 2 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.
Social-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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