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Topic · social

Council Executive Accountability

132 posts · 6,541 engagement · first seen 16 Sep 2016 · last seen 24 Oct 2026

The mechanisms by which New Zealand local government councillors and senior executives are held responsible to ratepayers and communities for decisions on spending, governance, and the management of council services and infrastructure.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 36 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

36%
64%
Supportive 13 Critical 23

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 36 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.

92%
Positive 2 Neutral 1 Negative 33

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

  • reddit
    3 posts · 255 engagement
    255
  • youtube
    32 posts · 228 engagement
    228
  • facebook
    1 post · 170 engagement
    170

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.