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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.
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

Indigenous Rights

283 posts · 18,183 engagement · first seen 26 Jun 2020 · last seen 17 Jun 2026

A critical post by @nzfirst highlights rising cost of living, housing unaffordability, and historical injustices under the Treaty of Waitangi, calling for urgent policy change and recognition of Māori rights.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 257 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

37%
49%
Supportive 96 Critical 125 Dismissive 6 Neutral / explainer 16 Mocking 14

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 257 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.

11%
19%
70%
Positive 28 Neutral 50 Negative 179

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.

  • twitter
    14 posts · 2,907 engagement
    2,907
  • facebook
    3 posts · 2,419 engagement
    2,419
  • youtube
    226 posts · 1,828 engagement
    1,828
  • reddit
    14 posts · 1,143 engagement
    1,143

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.