Political debate and policy responses surrounding the perceived increase in rural crime in New Zealand, including ACT's proposed crackdown and reactions from farming groups.
How the framings classify across 5 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.
evidence of rising rural criminal activity
\\ \\ **Press Release**\\ \\ **Bull killing shows need for rural crime crackdown**\\ \\ ****Andrew Hoggard****\\ \\ 17 Aug 2026\\ \\ “The killing and attempted butchering of a $10,000 breeding bull in Northland shows why rural crime needs a dedicated response,” says ACT Agriculture spokesperson Andrew Hoggard.\\ \\ **Read More**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.
targeted action against rural lawlessness
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.
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.
Oh, a woman woman would tell immediately, Carl. We've got women's intuition. Carl, good on you, mate. Thanks. Enjoy field days, Carl Dean, Federated Farmers Rural Crime Spokesperson. Yes, so …
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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