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  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
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  • Outlet orientation strip / lean colours — context-only, drawn from the last 12 weeks of activity regardless.
  • Co-occurrence graph — recent-activity anchored, not picker-driven.
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Topic · social

Economic Inequality

538 posts · 77,567 engagement · first seen 6 Mar 2014 · last seen 13 Jul 2026

A new report warns that financial stress is fracturing social cohesion in Aotearoa, with rising cost of living and inequality leading to growing feelings of exclusion, distrust, and disconnection among communities.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 518 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

85%
Supportive 27 Critical 441 Dismissive 3 Neutral / explainer 22 Mocking 25

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 518 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.

14%
79%
Positive 37 Neutral 74 Negative 407

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.

  • facebook
    37 posts · 57,024 engagement
    57,024
  • reddit
    40 posts · 13,556 engagement
    13,556
  • youtube
    425 posts · 1,465 engagement
    1,465
  • twitter
    16 posts · 367 engagement
    367

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.