OpenBrief
⌘K
Log in Sign up
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.
Rolling 7 days is a sliding live window for “current vibes”; switch to Weekly to compare specific weeks side-by-side.
Weekly Rolling 7 days
live window
Topic · social

Treaty Of Waitangi Reinterpretation

1291 posts · 142,287 engagement · first seen 25 Jun 2015 · last seen 22 Jul 2026

Debate over how the Treaty of Waitangi should be interpreted, applied, and recognised in New Zealand law and public policy, including disputes about Crown obligations to Māori, the scope of Treaty principles, and whether existing interpretations accurately reflect the original agreement.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 1191 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

28%
59%
Supportive 338 Critical 700 Dismissive 30 Neutral / explainer 46 Mocking 77

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 1205 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.

14%
12%
74%
Positive 164 Neutral 148 Negative 893

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
    46 posts · 91,267 engagement
    91,267
  • reddit
    62 posts · 13,503 engagement
    13,503
  • youtube
    1044 posts · 11,015 engagement
    11,015
  • twitter
    53 posts · 6,662 engagement
    6,662

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.