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Industry body · #46337

BusinessNZ

Centre-right · advocacy_ngo
Industry body Centre-right
Press releases
26 owned
People
8 surfaced
Appearances
8 featured
Citations
19 named
Channels
11 reached
Social reach
10 mentions

★ Amplification

owned → earned
Carried
3 of 140 topics
Agenda-setting
1 led on air
Penetration
2% of agenda
On-message
3% of airtime

Of the 140 topics this group pushed in its own releases, 3 also surfaced in earned coverage—and it pushed 1 of those before that coverage. Co-occurrence isn’t proof the group caused the coverage; the match is a conservative exact-topic one over the last 12 months.

01 Agenda

owned + earned · last 12 months

What this group pushes, and where. Each topic is fused across its own press releases (owned) and its people’s appearances across radio, press & commentary (earned) — a topic carried in both is a frame taken from their words into the wider coverage. Framing is in their own words where available.

Economic Growth
3 mentions neutral-explainer
Owned · 2 Earned · 1

steady but modest annual growth outlook

Sectoral Shift To Services
3 mentions
Earned · 3

modest growth in services sector

Bipartisan Trade Support
2 mentions supportive
Owned · 2

political unity for growth

Business Advocacy
2 mentions critical
Owned · 2

industry voices driving government decisions

Commerce Commission Price Review
2 mentions
Earned · 2

independent assessment of consumer benefit from market change

Employee Absence Trends
2 mentions neutral-explainer
Owned · 1 Earned · 1

revealing hidden patterns in workplace absenteeism

Employment Law Reform
2 mentions supportive
Owned · 2

faster, more accountable processes for employers

Energy Supply Stability
2 mentions supportive
Owned · 1 Earned · 1

needed for long-term investment confidence

Grocery Price Concentration
2 mentions
Earned · 2

excessive dominance by a few supermarket chains

Horticulture And Agricultural Exports
2 mentions supportive
Owned · 2

driven by science and long-term investment

India-Nz Free Trade Agreement
2 mentions critical
Owned · 2

economic opportunity missed

Inflation Tax Burden
2 mentions critical
Owned · 2

removing fiscal drag through inflation alignment

02 In their own words

owned · 26 releases
Coverage note. The channels and people below are the earned layer — detected automatically across radio, press, commentary and social and under review. Indicative, not a complete record: an absence means we haven’t surfaced an appearance, not that none happened.

03 Channels reached earned

earned media

How often this group’s people appear on each channel over time — a concentration on one outlet signals closeness. 53% of the 15 appearances land on news · rnz.

04 People earned

2 who have featured · tap to expand
  • Catherine Beard
    director of advocacy · 6 sources
    Sep 2026
  • Katherine RICH
    chief executive · 3 sources
    Jun 2026