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Debt-To-Gdp Ratio

15 items · 7 aliases · peaked week of 10 May 2026 · first seen 2 May 2026

The Taxpayers' Union launches a public campaign criticizing Finance Minister Nicola Willis over alleged lack of fiscal discipline, highlighting rising public spending and debt, while challenging her government to provide transparent financial accountability.

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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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.

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Sample framings

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hdpa-drive Government / N-A

rising beyond peer median as a structural weakness

Thomas Rookmaaker: Fitch Head of Asia-Pacific Sovereigns explains why NZ's credit rating was downgraded
13 May
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How the public reacted

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