Gang-related violence in New Zealand encompasses criminal incidents — including assaults, armed robberies, murders, and sexual offences — carried out by or involving gang members or associates, along with the resulting police responses, court proceedings, and community impact.
How the framings classify across 3 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.
linked to organised criminal activity and public harm
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Greens want to bring back Labour's cash for gangs**\\ \\ ****Nicole McKee****\\ \\ 15 Oct 2026\\ \\ "Labour handed nearly $3 million seized from criminals to the Mongrel Mob, now the Greens want to do it again," says ACT Deputy Leader Nicole McKee, responding to Green co-leader Marama Davidson saying she is open to restarting funding for the Mob.\\ \\ **Read More**Stacked 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.
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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