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Council Resilience Planning

6 items · 4 aliases · peaked week of 10 May 2026 · first seen 10 May 2026

A discussion with the Insurance Council's CEO highlights the urgent need for government clarity on who will fund climate resilience measures, particularly as increasing weather events threaten insurance affordability and community safety.

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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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.

  • I think we have a structural deficit and a government that came to power promising to improve our fiscal situation. Ultimately they have borrowed more money than they said they would borrow. Ultimately they have pushed out their path to surplus a couple of years. They even change the accounting measure by which they record whether or not they're getting surplus. So I think if you are to compare their position today with the position they promised we would be in when they uh were about to come to power, they are they are pretty distinct. That being said, it would be unreasonable for any of us to suggest that the state of the world doesn't require some pretty serious thinking. I actually think there is a really big opportunity for any political party to go into November's election talking about resilience. You've already seen this across the ditch, but I think resilience could be a central theme for policy platforms for our big parties going to the election. I actually think it'll be really popular. I agree.
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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.

waatea Government / N-A

need for stronger long-term adaptation

#national: Landslide Claims Surge Across Aotearoa as Storm Damage Intensifies
13 May
hdpa-drive Government / N-A

a growing political theme replacing sustainability in public discourse

The Huddle: Should we make the All Blacks travel in premium economy if they lose?
13 May
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