Topic · social
New Zealand First Leadership Style
6 posts
· 449 engagement
· first seen 26 May 2026
· last seen 18 Jun 2026
Former National Party MP Harete Hipango has joined New Zealand First, citing alignment with its leadership style and a perceived reflection of public sentiment, despite past controversies including attendance at anti-vaccination protests and Wikipedia page edits.
Stance breakdown
How the per-edge framings classify across 5 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.
Supportive
1
Critical
2
Neutral / explainer
2
Sentiment breakdown
Whole-post emotional valence across 5 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.
Positive
1
Neutral
2
Negative
2
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.
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youtube
4 posts
· 386 engagement
386
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reddit
1 post
· 61 engagement
61
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.
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youtube
· @the-platform-nz
· sentiment: neutral
· ♥ 225
· ↻ 0
· 💬 48
· 369 engagement
29 May
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reddit
· u/No-Device8814
· sentiment: neutral
· ♥ 4
· ↻ 0
· 💬 19
· 61 engagement
1 Jun
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youtube
· @UClVFuMkh4U4Ujxf-G4-keFA
· reply
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 15
· ↻ 0
· 💬 0
· 15 engagement
26 May
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youtube
· @UCiN5ZBIDsrQ7kCjNnEEUOPQ
· reply
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 1
· ↻ 0
· 💬 0
· 1 engagement
13 Jun
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youtube
· @UCORvX4AZ2Dzr0uTwfaTkhPA
· reply
· sentiment: positive
· ♥ 1
· ↻ 0
· 💬 0
· 1 engagement
29 May