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  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
  • 12-week heatmap & outlet matrix — show the 12 weeks ending at the selected week (they slide back with the picker, they aren’t a fixed snapshot).
  • Per-topic volume / alias drift — same 12-week trailing window, anchored on the selected period.
  • Coverage gap quadrant — scores the selected period against the 12 weeks before it (not including it).
  • Anomaly cards — only show alerts the detector fired during the selected period. Quiet weeks legitimately show none.
What stays as-is
  • Outlet orientation strip / lean colours — context-only, drawn from the last 12 weeks of activity regardless.
  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Topic

Consultation Delay On Genomic Data

2 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 16 Aug 2026 · first seen 21 Aug 2026

the prolonged inaction by the health minister in engaging stakeholders before recommending regulations

The stories behind this signal

across press, releases & commentary · links open at the source
News The House: Government inaction undermines early cancer diagnosis and treatment RNZ · 20 AugRead ↗ Govt releaseACT Party \\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **ACT backs consultation on genetic discrimination**\\ \\ ****Todd Stephenson****\\ \\ 19… ACT Party · 19 AugRead ↗

Sample framings

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.

act-party Right

inclusive public input on policy design

\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **ACT backs consultation on genetic discrimination**\\ \\ ****Todd Stephenson****\\ \\ 19 Aug 2026\\ \\ ACT Health spokesperson Todd Stephenson and Health Committee member Cameron Luxton support AGenDA’s call for the Government to consult on protections against genetic discrimination in life and health insurance.\\ \\ **Read More**
19 Aug

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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In the press Methodology →

How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 1 article from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.

12-week press volume 1 article

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