Topic · social
Water Committee Governance
4 posts
· 421 engagement
· first seen 6 May 2026
· last seen 16 Jun 2026
Invercargill City Council's cost to recruit an out-of-town member for its water committee has nearly doubled, rising from $12,268 to $23,658, raising questions about transparency and expense justification.
Stance breakdown
How the per-edge framings classify across 4 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.
Sentiment breakdown
Whole-post emotional valence across 4 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.
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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twitter
1 post
· 379 engagement
379
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youtube
3 posts
· 42 engagement
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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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twitter
· @HobsonsPledgeNZ
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 227
· ↻ 61
· 💬 10
· 379 engagement
6 May
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youtube
· @UCQzmt_g8hpThdzx9tHVH1yg
· reply
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 36
· ↻ 0
· 💬 0
· 36 engagement
3 Jun
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youtube
· @UC-erarL1Qmf5es38hiz6X-g
· reply
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 5
· ↻ 0
· 💬 0
· 5 engagement
16 Jun
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youtube
· @UCoJz66Cb-AeeSMAn2iT19Xw
· reply
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 1
· ↻ 0
· 💬 0
· 1 engagement
16 Jun