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Green Party Economic Policy

100 items · 18 aliases · peaked week of 17 May 2026 · first seen 13 May 2026

A reddit post critiques the Green Party podcast on economic policy, suggesting it lacks depth and fails to address real cost of living concerns.

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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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.

  • Mike Hosking mike-hosking-breakfast Mark the Week: How hard did the India FTA have to be? 23 Apr · 44s
    that turned out to be a bit of clickbait or what by tuesday afternoon i.e day two of the 14 the other 12 weren't required Quite. Problem solved. Gilbert and Oka 7. Rounds out a new era. Plenty of prospect really looks like he's got a decent series of ideas. Now if we can just go about winning, please. Are the Greens for? I mean, electrifying New Zealand is a good example of what space cadets they are. Nothing wrong with electrifying things, but the reason you're paying $3.46 this morning for diesel is because ships and furnaces and planes don't run on electricity and likely never will. F1-3. Honestly. Those rule changes more complicated than a racing ball steering wheel. The Christchurch Stadium nine. Yes, a facility that will be used in anger this weekend and a representation of a city that knows what success looks like. Zakiya Starmer won.
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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.

waatea Government / N-A

a balanced, sustainable alternative to austerity

#election2026: Greens Fire Back: Budget 2026 ‘No Plan’ for Struggling Whānau
7 Jun
mike-hosking-breakfast Government / N-A

idealistic but impractical solutions

Mark the Week: How hard did the India FTA have to be?
23 Apr
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How the public reacted

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