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Week of 1 Jun 2026
Topic

Media-Government-Tensions

21 items · 15 aliases · peaked week of 10 May 2026 · first seen 28 Apr 2026

The Prime Minister's decision to cancel his TVNZ Breakfast appearances and file a formal complaint against the Parliamentary Press Gallery reflects growing tensions between the government and media, raising concerns about transparency, accountability, and public trust.

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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. 11 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 11 articles
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Heard on radio

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  • No, we've just supped together. I suspect that Ian Taylor wants to sup with the matau of our very long spoon, but when he's ready... Demand up and hold a public event. I'll get between 500 and 1,000 people there and we'll debate mining. However, in the short term, I'm holding a critical mineral seminar with some overseas people and some Kiwi stakeholders in Parliament. And we've got to see through the current turmoil in terms of the Middle East conflict. And there are a host of feelings, obviously, in New Zealand about Trump and his decisions in the Middle East. They're the most prosperous economy in the world. They have an interest via their investment community in developing critical minerals in New Zealand. If we're learning anything, we're not going to surrender. ourselves to a worse level of vulnerability just to keep happy with these green Luddites who try to smother me with wokism every day in Parliament.
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Sample framings

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spinoff Centre-left

exposure of power dynamics in journalism

The Spinoff wins at media awards
22 May
the-country Government / N-A

an unhealthy dynamic of public humiliation and mistrust

The Country 01/05/26: Shane Jones talks to Jamie Mackay
1 May
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How the public reacted

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