The Head Start proposal submission process, under which New Zealand communities and councils submit amalgamation plans for government assessment, with the government encouraging fewer than 40 councils.
How the framings classify across 5 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.
community-driven reform with local autonomy
Govt puts final squeeze on communities to merge into fewer than 40 councilssystematic evaluation based on merit and criteria
\\ \\ **Government to consider Headstart proposals**\\ \\ 11 August, 2026\\ \\ Chris Bishop, Simon WattsStacked 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. 3 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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