A survey by MYOB reveals growing dissatisfaction among small and medium-sized businesses with the government due to rising operational costs, insurance expenses, and weak economic outlook, with businesses calling for specific policy changes to alleviate pressure.
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.
exacerbated by inflation and supply shortages
Is New Zealand-made clothing hanging on by a thread?increasing burden on daily living costs
****Inflation figures another hit to retailers**** \\ \\ **23 January 2026**\\ \\ The latest inflation figures out today come as further blow to retailers”, Retail NZ Chief Executive Carolyn Young says. The Consumer Price Index has risen to 3.1% in the 12 months to December, outside of the Reserve Bank target range for inflation of 1% – 3%.Lobby groups, unions, think tanks and industry bodies whose own releases or whose people’s media appearances touched this topic over the last 12 months. Owned = their own press releases; earned = their people quoted across radio, press & commentary. A card carried in both — with the release coming first — is the agenda-setting signal. Co-occurrence isn’t proof a group drove the coverage.
increasing burden on daily living costs
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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. 16 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.
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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