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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

Taxpayer Accountability

211 posts · 22,078 engagement · first seen 3 May 2026 · last seen 7 Sep 2026

Taxpayer accountability encompasses debates and scrutiny over how public funds are collected, allocated, and spent by government, including demands for transparent costings, ministerial oversight of expenditure, and responsibility for the fiscal impact of policy decisions on New Zealand households.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 106 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

65%
30%
Supportive 69 Critical 32 Neutral / explainer 4 Mocking 1

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 106 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%
35%
54%
Positive 12 Neutral 37 Negative 57

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
    17 posts · 11,392 engagement
    11,392
  • twitter
    49 posts · 2,755 engagement
    2,755
  • youtube
    39 posts · 279 engagement
    279
  • reddit
    1 post · 79 engagement
    79

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.