The Labour Party criticises the government for shifting responsibility for rising property rates onto local councils, citing cancelled water reforms, inaction on funding, and a failure to address systemic issues in the ratings system.
How the framings classify across 11 articles. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.
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. 19 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.
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.
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Scrappy election campaign looms over short-lived Budget unitysupporting domestic economy and businesses
****Black Friday sales across November bring a smile to retailer sector**** \\ \\ **12 December 2025**\\ \\ “Retail card spending figures for November 2025 show a 1.6% increase in total retail sales on a year on year basis as Black Friday sales dominated the month. This is positive news and signs of green shoots across the broader sector as retailers head into their busiest time of year”, Retail NZ Chief Executive Carolyn Young says.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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