This piece addresses the declining reputation of local government in New Zealand, attributing it to misperceptions, lack of transparency, voter disengagement, and intense public criticism over funding and service delivery.
How the framings classify across 8 articles. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.
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Like if someone wants to go and study aromatherapy and they set up an aromatherapy boot, they're paying tax on that. They're employing themselves or or others, like it there was this really snooty attitude to what people were studying. I'm pretty sure the only reason that National would be happy about this if this was solely focused on lawyers and commerce, those are the only things that are worth studying at university. But I think if someone was to be uncharitable, I think that an educated population hurts right-leaning governments. And unless they went to business school. So, you know, maybe that's that's the angle. They don't want an educated voting base.
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people feel excluded from political processes
For many, elections are done to them not by themgovernment ignores public concerns and voices
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