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  • 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.
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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.
  • Source & topic profiles — all-time data for the topic; the picker doesn’t affect them.
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Topic · social

Immigration Policy Transparency

31 posts · 3,995 engagement · first seen 8 Nov 2022 · last seen 3 Sep 2026

Debate over the degree of openness and clarity the New Zealand government provides regarding its immigration policies, including the terms of migration provisions within trade agreements, enforcement practices, and ministerial communications with the public and parliament.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 17 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

24%
76%
Supportive 4 Critical 13

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 17 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.

94%
Neutral 1 Negative 16

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
    1 post · 2,962 engagement
    2,962
  • youtube
    16 posts · 115 engagement
    115

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.