Delays and waiting times affecting elective and non-urgent surgical procedures in New Zealand, including postponements caused by factors such as ACC approval processes, hospital disruptions, and capacity constraints within the public health system.
How the framings classify across 9 articles. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.
Up to 12 framings across outlets and orientations — each a short phrase the extractor generated to characterise the piece's editorial angle (not a quote). Filter by lean to see how each bloc is spinning the story; click through to read the original.
progress in regional health access
\\ \\ 23 Sep 2026Simeon Brown\\ \\ **Health targets: shorter waits for central and lower North Island** \\ \\ Health targets: shorter waits for central and lower North Island Patients in Whanganui, the Manawatū, Hawke's Bay, Wairarapa, and Wellington are benefiting from shorter waits and\\ \\ Read moreStacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.
How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.
How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 11 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.
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.
Today we're joined by National and Labour's health spokespeople to talk about the issues facing the sector and their plans to fix it. National Simeon Brown and Labour's Aisha Virill …
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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