The role of scientific evidence and research in shaping New Zealand government policy, including debates over funding for science and research institutions, the integrity of evidence-based decision-making, and the credibility of policy when it aligns with or diverges from scientific consensus.
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.
ignored in national vision and state of the nation speeches
\\ \\ 5 March 2026\\ \\ Opinion\\ \\ **The politics of science and the science of politics** \\ \\ Honorary Fellow Jonathan Boston discusses the politics and urgency of investing in science, research, and innovation\\ \\ J\\ \\ Jonathan BostonLobby 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.
ignored in national vision and state of the nation speeches
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. 1 article 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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