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  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
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  • 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.
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  • 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 Safety Advice

31 items · 12 aliases · peaked week of 7 Jun 2026 · first seen 3 May 2026

Multiple coloured sand products across New Zealand have been recalled due to asbestos contamination, with tremolite found in samples, prompting public health warnings and school absences.

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. 12 articles 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 12 articles
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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

spending still restrained despite growth

****Card spending data shows big boost for retailers**** \\ \\ **16 March 2026**\\ \\ “Actual electronic card transactions for February were up 2.4% year-on-year across core retail as a whole, a further improvement to the 1.1% rise seen last month. With almost all sectors experiencing a rise in spending, this will be seen as a big win for retail, after going through several months of ups and downs last year,” Ms Young says.
9 Jun
retail-nz Centre-right

protecting public from hazardous product use

****Retail NZ welcomes crackdown on sale of nangs**** \\ \\ **30 April 2026**\\ \\ “We are pleased to see the Government taking such swift and decisive action in this space, with the improper use of nangs a growing concern for police and our communities,” Retail NZ Chief Executive, Carolyn Young, says.
9 Jun
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How the public reacted

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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