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Week of 1 Jun 2026
Topic

Tukituki Dam Feasibility Study

5 items · 3 aliases · peaked week of 5 Apr 2026 · first seen 11 May 2026

The podcast discusses advancements in agricultural technology, global market reactions to a potential Middle East ceasefire, and the economic pressures on New Zealand's primary sector due to rising diesel prices and oil supply disruptions.

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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. 2 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 2 articles
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Heard on radio

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.

  • Yes, a sweet surrender, but who's surrendered? Good afternoon. Welcome to the country. I'm Jamie Mackay. This is Aerosmith. I don't want to miss a thing from the movie Armageddon, which we were facing about an hour ago. Okay, it looks like Iran and Trump have agreed to a two-week ceasefire. They're both claiming victory. We're going to head live to San Francisco, where as fate would have it, independent economist Cameron Bagrie is there and he's crunching the numbers, not only for New Zealand, but for the world markets. And we'll see how they have reacted to the announcement or potential. announcement of a ceasefire we've got to make sure it comes comes to fruition Christopher Luxon the prime minister I recorded him earlier this morning I wasn't sure whether the world was going to end or not so we had to get him out of the road early we'll get his take on the off ramp for this Middle East crisis Emma Higgins Rabobank senior ag analyst have a look at last night's Global Dairy Trade Auction down 3.4%, but honestly, it wasn't a bad result and we'll tell you why. We're going to tell you all about how we can get you into a brand new Isuzu. Our vehicle partners here on the country. And Stephen Harris, Central Hawke's Bay farmer and broadcaster. Of course Central Hawke's Bay's been in the news with the Tukituki Dam project. The government's thrown some money at a feasibility study. We'll get Steve's take on that one and no doubt he'll have some commentary to make about Donald and his ceasefire. Okay let's go to San Francisco. Cameron Bagri what's it like on the ground in the US Cam?
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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.

waatea Government / N-A

environmental threat revived through administrative extensions

#regional: Forest & Bird Takes Dam Fight Back To Court Over Ruahine Conservation Land
21 May
the-country Government / N-A

government investment in regional infrastructure

The Country Full Show: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
8 Apr
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