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Topic · social

Housing Policy

61 posts · 7,397 engagement · first seen 18 Oct 2021 · last seen 17 Jun 2026

The article reports on how all major New Zealand political parties are adopting opposition stances to avoid blame for the cost of living and economic challenges, highlighting shifts in housing policy, live animal exports, and government transparency amid voter dissatisfaction.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 47 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

13%
83%
Supportive 6 Critical 39 Dismissive 1 Mocking 1

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 47 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.

19%
17%
64%
Positive 9 Neutral 8 Negative 30

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
    11 posts · 4,561 engagement
    4,561
  • facebook
    1 post · 671 engagement
    671
  • youtube
    30 posts · 357 engagement
    357
  • twitter
    5 posts · 146 engagement
    146

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.