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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

Three Waters Reform

32 posts · 5,990 engagement · first seen 8 Jul 2021 · last seen 5 Jun 2026

The piece criticizes the government's Three Waters Reform proposal for granting Ngai Tahu equal authority over South Island water assets as 23 councils, arguing that this lacks transparency, excludes non-Māori communities, and appears to favor tribal interests over broader public

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.

  • reddit
    3 posts · 1,380 engagement
    1,380
  • youtube
    12 posts · 367 engagement
    367
  • twitter
    1 post · 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.