Debate over the reliability and interpretation of opinion polls measuring NZ First's electoral support, including the party's record polling results heading into the 2026 election and Winston Peters' public dismissal of unfavourable polling data.
How the framings classify across 7 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.
tested by its tolerance of offensive rhetoric
Stuart Nash's fail shows a key calculation for Election 2026record highs suggest growing influence
Polling data hints at record election performance for NZ FirstStacked 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.
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.
Conspiracy theory is falling apart so far. How good is that? Glad that we can use this opportunity to dispel it. Okay, we're putting that one to bed out there. …
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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