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What the picker changes
  • 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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Consumer Choice In Finance

3 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 31 May 2026 · first seen 4 Jun 2026

A family-owned financial firm, Welcome, challenges the definition of a 'bank' by offering competitive deposit rates and home loans without being classified as a traditional bank, sparking debate over financial regulation and consumer choice.

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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Sample framings

Up to 12 framings spread across orientations. Each framing is a short phrase the topic extractor generated to characterise the piece's stance — not a quote from the source. Click through to read the original.

retail-nz Centre-right

empowers both merchants and shoppers

**Proposed Amendment to Surcharge Ban welcome news for retailers** \\ \\ **17 October 2025**\\ \\ Retail NZ supports Dr Parmjeet Parmar’s proposed amendment to the Retail Payment System (Ban on Merchant Surcharges) Amendment Bill. Enabling retailers that offer a fee-free alternative, to be able to surcharge customers, makes sense. It gives everyone choice and protects merchants who wish to recover costs of the Merchant Service Fee. Its fair and adaptable in a complex payments environment.
9 Jun
waatea Government / N-A

greater clarity and trust through consistent service labeling

#economy: Maori bank a step closer: More Kiwi Lenders Cleared to Call Themselves Banks Under Reserve Bank Shake-Up
4 Jun
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