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Topic

Opportunity Party Policy Ignorance

1 items · 1 aliases · peaked week of 16 Aug 2026 · first seen 17 Aug 2026

the failure of the opportunity party leader to understand key details of her own policy proposals, such as student loan forgiveness amounts and tax impacts

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.

hdpa-drive Right

leader lacks grasp of own platform

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: I wouldn't be surprised if TOP peaks at 8 percent

17 Aug

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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Heard on radio

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Heather du Plessis-Allan Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive (Newstalk ZB) Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: I wouldn't be surprised if TOP peaks at 8 percent 17 Aug · 25s

Let's get connected. So I think some of the shine might be coming off the opportunity party. Helen Clark has hit the social media and she's described the Opportunity Party …

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