The recurring gap in New Zealand local government funding, where rate revenues are insufficient for infrastructure and service costs, leading to proposals and debates about rate caps and alternative revenue sources.
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.
systemic underfunding leading to unsustainable financial pressure
Which councils could meet government’s proposed rates cap?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. 4 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.
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.
It's not a lot of money if you talk about Auckland infrastructure. But Mike, for some smaller councils, six or seven hundred thousand dollars represent a one percent rate rise. …
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