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Union · #234002

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

Left · trade_union
Union Left
Press releases
146 owned
People
4 surfaced
Appearances
7 featured
Citations
46 named
Channels
11 reached
Social reach
2 mentions

★ Amplification

owned → earned
Carried
30 of 451 topics
Agenda-setting
21 led on air
Penetration
7% of agenda
On-message
30% of airtime

Of the 451 topics this group pushed in its own releases, 30 also surfaced in earned coverage—and it pushed 21 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.

Public Sector Cuts
9 mentions critical
Owned · 4 Earned · 5

challenging arbitrary austerity measures

Union Approval Process
9 mentions neutral-explainer
Owned · 9

officially recognized and endorsed

Union Authorised Release
9 mentions neutral-explainer
Owned · 9

official confirmation of representation

Cost-Of-Living Crisis
8 mentions critical
Owned · 8

unmet promises leading to public frustration

Real Wages Decline
8 mentions critical
Owned · 7 Earned · 1

evidence of economic neglect

Unemployment Surge
7 mentions critical
Owned · 7

alarmist and factual

Cost Of Living
6 mentions critical
Owned · 3 Earned · 3

unmet and worsening for households

Cost Of Living Pressures On Events
6 mentions critical
Owned · 3 Earned · 3

rising expenses outpace wages

Health And Safety Legislation
6 mentions critical
Owned · 4 Earned · 2

worker protection against immediate hazard

Pay Equity Erosion
5 mentions critical
Owned · 5

systemic gender pay imbalance

Wage Stagnation
5 mentions critical
Owned · 4 Earned · 1

failure to keep up with inflation and living costs

Ai And Digitisation In Public Sector
4 mentions
Earned · 4

fear of automation replacing human roles

02 In their own words

owned · 146 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. 32% of the 22 appearances land on commentary · daily-blog.

04 People earned

2 who have featured · tap to expand
  • Craig Renney
    economist · 6 sources
    Sep 2026
  • Sandra Grey
    president · 3 sources
    Jun 2026