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  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
  • 12-week heatmap & outlet matrix — show the 12 weeks ending at the selected week (they slide back with the picker, they aren’t a fixed snapshot).
  • Per-topic volume / alias drift — same 12-week trailing window, anchored on the selected period.
  • Coverage gap quadrant — scores the selected period against the 12 weeks before it (not including it).
  • Anomaly cards — only show alerts the detector fired during the selected period. Quiet weeks legitimately show none.
What stays as-is
  • Outlet orientation strip / lean colours — context-only, drawn from the last 12 weeks of activity regardless.
  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Topic

Super Rugby Playoff Race

56 items · 38 aliases · peaked week of 26 Apr 2026 · first seen 3 May 2026

The Super Rugby Pacific playoff race covers the qualification, semifinal, and final stages of the Super Rugby Pacific competition, including the competition standings, match results, and the contest among franchises such as the Hurricanes, Chiefs, Blues, and Crusaders to win the championship.

The stories behind this signal

across press, releases & commentary · links open at the source
NewsOtago Daily Times Crunch time—semifinals are here Otago Daily Times · 2 JulRead ↗

Stance breakdown Methodology →

How the framings classify across 3 articles. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

100%
Neutral / explainer 3

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.

waatea Government / N-A

tight competition shaping championship race

#hakinakina: ROAD WARRIORS, RISING STARS & MAJOR UPSETS: BIG WEEKEND FOR KIWIS IN SPORT
31 May
waatea Government / N-A

tightening playoff positioning

#hakinakina: Hurricanes Blow Away Moana Pasifika In Super Rugby Statement Win
10 May
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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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In the press Methodology →

How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 51 articles from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.

12-week press volume 51 articles
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