A commentary by Pohaturoa Waenga criticizes NZ First's stance on supermarket pricing, focusing on alleged monopolistic practices by Woolworths and Foodstuffs, and highlights protests at Harvest Market in Ōtautahi as a response to rising food costs and lack of affordability.
How the framings classify across 10 articles. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.
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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. 3 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.
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Yes, we're actually holding that briefing and Nicola Willis and Shane Jones are going to be speaking to the CEOs from our major companies group. But I would say the government's done a good job in briefing business and briefing the general public, telling them what they're doing with their various. various fuel plans. There's only one build to the fuel plan that we would ask for and that is that food and food supply be elevated to band A because we see that as life supporting not necessarily just economically important.
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unintended consequence for consumers
****Retailers say they’ll have to raise prices if card surcharge ban comes into force**** \\ \\ **20 February 2026**\\ \\ “The proposed ban is poorly targeted, has been rushed through, and risks significant unintended consequences for retailers and consumers alike,” Ms Young says.mince up 15%, bread up 40%, chocolate up 16%
Cost of living keeps getting worse under Luxon – LabourSocial-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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