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What the picker changes
  • Top topics digest — the cards score the selected period against the prior 4 weeks.
  • 12-week heatmap & outlet matrix — show the 12 weeks ending at the selected week (they slide back with the picker, they aren’t a fixed snapshot).
  • Per-topic volume / alias drift — same 12-week trailing window, anchored on the selected period.
  • Coverage gap quadrant — scores the selected period against the 12 weeks before it (not including it).
  • Anomaly cards — only show alerts the detector fired during the selected period. Quiet weeks legitimately show none.
What stays as-is
  • 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.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Topic · social

Housing Affordability

1042 posts · 133,561 engagement · first seen 6 Mar 2014 · last seen 24 Oct 2026

Housing affordability refers to the challenge New Zealanders face in purchasing or renting homes at prices proportionate to their incomes, encompassing mortgage costs, interest rates, property prices, and access to social and first-home ownership across urban and regional areas.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 238 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

24%
68%
8%
Supportive 57 Critical 161 Neutral / explainer 18 Mocking 2

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 238 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.

21%
17%
61%
Positive 51 Neutral 41 Negative 146

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
    15 posts · 21,856 engagement
    21,856
  • reddit
    37 posts · 8,426 engagement
    8,426
  • youtube
    181 posts · 2,395 engagement
    2,395
  • twitter
    5 posts · 383 engagement
    383

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.