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Māori Battalion Wartime Service

10 items · 8 aliases · first seen 28 Apr 2026

The wartime service and legacy of the 28th Māori Battalion, encompassing its history, commemorations, and cultural remembrance.

Stance breakdown Methodology →

How the framings classify across 3 articles. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

100%
Supportive 3

Sample framings

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.

cross-party-lines-audio Centre

a tribute to overlooked bravery and determination

War Heroes, Caucus Plots and All Black Flops
20 Apr
spinoff Centre-left

honouring a forgotten hero's sacrifice and legacy

Review: Sgt. Haane is a triumphant documentary of a harrowing event
26 Apr
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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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In the press Methodology →

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.

12-week press volume 2 articles
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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.

  • Phil Goff Cross Party Lines (audio) War Heroes, Caucus Plots and All Black Flops 20 Apr · 235s
    Yeah, well, it was last night, actually, and it was a great occasion. So we've got a wealth of things to talk about this week, actually. The perennial National Party …

How the public reacted

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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