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Union · #234002

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

Left · trade_union
Union Left
Press releases
104 owned
People
4 surfaced
Appearances
7 featured
Citations
46 named
Channels
11 reached

★ Amplification

owned → earned
Carried
31 of 333 topics
Agenda-setting
20 led on air
Penetration
9% of agenda
On-message
22% of airtime

Of the 333 topics this group pushed in its own releases, 31 also surfaced in earned coverage—and it pushed 20 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
8 mentions critical
Owned · 3 Earned · 5

systemic erosion of essential services

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 · 2 Earned · 4

exacerbated by tight welfare policies

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

worker protection against immediate hazard

Real Wages Decline
5 mentions critical
Owned · 4 Earned · 1

worsening inequality in the face of falling purchasing power

Ai And Digitisation In Public Sector
4 mentions
Earned · 4

fear of automation replacing human roles

Cost Of Living And Economic Collapse
4 mentions critical
Owned · 4

exacerbating hardship for young households

Cost-Of-Living Crisis
4 mentions critical
Owned · 4

women bear disproportionate burden

Modern Slavery Legislation
4 mentions supportive
Owned · 2 Earned · 2

strengthened due diligence required

Rural Community Impact
4 mentions
Earned · 4

local economies suffer from service loss

Systemic Dismantling
4 mentions
Earned · 4

accusation of deliberate erosion of public services

Union Approval Process
4 mentions neutral-explainer
Owned · 4

official confirmation of legitimacy

02 In their own words

owned · 104 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
    chief economist · 5 sources
    Aug 2026
  • Sandra Grey
    president · 3 sources
    Jun 2026