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  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
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  • Per-topic volume / alias drift — same 12-week trailing window, anchored on the selected period.
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  • Anomaly cards — only show alerts the detector fired during the selected period. Quiet weeks legitimately show none.
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  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Press topic

Excessive House Renovation Spending

2 articles · 2 aliases in press · peaked week of 24 May 2026 · first seen 1 May 2026

An auditor-general report reveals that Paul Eagle, former MP and Chatham Islands Council chief executive, oversaw a $460,000 house renovation, supplied misleading documentation, and violated council spending processes, raising serious concerns about integrity and accountability.

Coverage by outlet lean Methodology →

Stacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.

Alias drift

How press outlets have named this topic, week by week.

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Recent headlines

Most recent 2 articles linking to this topic.

Sample framings

Up to 12 framings spread across outlets. Each framing is the LLM's one-line characterisation of the article's editorial angle — not a quote.

odt Centre

majority expect to spend over $10,000

Where buyers, builders, experts and designers come together
27 May
spinoff Centre-left

budget overrun by more than 200%

Excessive misleading unacceptable the auditor generals verdict on paul eagle
13 Mar
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