The piece critiques the proposed government move-on powers that target homeless people, arguing they blur the line between public disorder and poverty, risk arbitrary enforcement, and fail to protect vulnerable individuals without criminalising survival behaviours.
How the framings classify across 3 articles. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.
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.
Up to 12 framings spread across orientations. Each framing is a short phrase the topic extractor generated to characterise the piece's stance — not a quote from the source. Click through to read the original.
balancing safety with compassion for vulnerable groups
\\ \\ **Move-on orders pass first reading**\\ \\ 21 May, 2026\\ \\ Paul GoldsmithSpotted something wrong on this page? Report a correction.
