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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

Marae Emergency Funding

19 posts · 11,499 engagement · first seen 15 Jun 2026 · last seen 1 Sep 2026

The debate over whether the New Zealand government should provide dedicated funding to marae to serve as emergency hubs and civil defence infrastructure, including scrutiny of related budget decisions and calls to formalise their role in community disaster preparedness.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 18 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

61%
39%
Supportive 11 Critical 7

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 18 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.

50%
11%
39%
Positive 9 Neutral 2 Negative 7

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
    6 posts · 8,322 engagement
    8,322
  • reddit
    3 posts · 2,708 engagement
    2,708
  • twitter
    1 post · 426 engagement
    426
  • youtube
    8 posts · 43 engagement
    43

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.