The policy framework under New Zealand's "Local Water Done Well" legislation requiring councils to develop and submit plans — individually or jointly with neighbouring authorities — for the future ownership, governance, and delivery of drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater services.
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.
revenue loss due to service transfer
Councils chilled by Luxon’s surprise u-turn to cap charges, as well as ratesa major policy milestone achieved
\\ \\ **Major milestone reached for Local Water Done Well**\\ \\ 01 July, 2026\\ \\ 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. 2 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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