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Week of 8 Jun 2026
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Topic

Treaty Of Waitangi Health Access

24 items · 11 aliases · peaked week of 26 Apr 2026 · first seen 29 Apr 2026

Labour criticises National for potentially scaling back the Nelson Hospital rebuild, arguing it undermines clinical capacity, future health access, and the region's needs amid population growth and seismic risks.

Stance breakdown Methodology →

How the framings classify across 12 articles. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

50%
42%
8%
Supportive 6 Critical 5 Mocking 1

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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Heard on radio

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  • A leading pediatrician is warning more New Zealand babies will end up in hospital this winter while a treatment that could prevent many RSV cases remains unavailable. The breakthrough antibody injection is already being used in countries like Australia, the UK, and the US, but here it's still awaiting approval and funding decisions. The delay has now reignited questions about how we prioritize child health and whether New Zealand is moving quickly enough when it comes to proven medicines. Today on the front page, senior investigative reporter Michael Morr joins us to discuss his reporting on this issue before we speak to a recently retired South Auckland pediatrician, Dr. Adrian Trentholm, about what he's witnessed on the front line over nearly five decades.
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Sample framings

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.

host country hospitality as cultural strength

The immigrant doctors giving New Zealand life
6 May

failure to deliver quality care breaches regional trust

Release: National won’t commit to full Nelson Hospital upgrade
28 Apr
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How the public reacted

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