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Topic

Crown Consultation Failure

24 items · 14 aliases · peaked week of 26 Apr 2026 · first seen 28 Apr 2026

The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora opposes the TSA Regulatory Standards Bill, arguing it fails to recognize te Tiriti o Waitangi, public harm, and Māori rights, and undermines social equity and human rights obligations.

Stance breakdown Methodology →

How the framings classify across 10 articles. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

100%
Critical 10

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. 6 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 6 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.

lack of engagement with māori communities exposed

Waitangi Tribunal urges halt on Treaty clause changes
15 May

lacks targeted engagement with māori leaders

Submission to the Finance and Expenditure Committee
18 Jun
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