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Who Gets Heard? The Advocacy Groups Winning Media Pickup — and Those Just Posting
OpenBrief’s lobby data shows stark visibility gaps, but also why advocacy influence is harder to measure than a scoreboard suggests.
Aug 25
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Martin Buhr
The Māori electorates spike was no mystery post. It was a campaign strategy going radioactive
OpenBrief caught the flare-up late, but the public trail leads back to Te Pāti Māori’s vote-splitting pitch.
Aug 25
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Martin Buhr
Did audio turn Luxon’s bad week into a leadership crisis?
OpenBrief data suggests talk formats amplified the crisis early, but causation remains harder to prove than momentum.
Aug 19
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Martin Buhr
Hobson’s Pledge finds its opening after Luxon survives
Luxon’s confidence vote has become a launchpad for Treaty and Māori-representation demands largely circulating outside written news.
Aug 17
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Martin Buhr
THE TEXT THAT COST A CANDIDACY — AND POLITICS’ MATERNITY-LEAVE BLIND SPOT
The fallout was immediate. The harder question is what the episode reveals about how politics still treats parental leave.
Aug 2
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Martin Buhr
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July 2026
BIRD FLU IS HERE. IS NEW ZEALAND’S BIOSECURITY SYSTEM READY FOR WHAT COMES NEXT?
The headlines focused on the first confirmed cases. The more important question is what they reveal about our ability to spot the next ones.
Jul 22
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Martin Buhr
FROM HORMUZ TO THE HARBOUR BRIDGE: HOW AN OIL SHOCK BECAME AN ELECTRIFICATION ARGUMENT
Global supply shocks are temporary. The arguments they trigger about long-term energy policy tend to last much longer.
Jul 20
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Martin Buhr
THE UNDER-16 SOCIAL-MEDIA BAN TAKING SHAPE BEFORE THE PUBLIC DEBATE
The political conversation is accelerating faster than the legislation itself.
Jul 16
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Martin Buhr
MATARIKI BECOMES A WORKPLACE-COST BATTLEGROUND
For many New Zealanders, the conversation wasn’t about the stars. It was about payroll 🙄
Jul 15
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Martin Buhr
LABOUR SELLS SOLAR AS POWER-BILL RELIEF — AND SOCIAL MEDIA NOTICED FIRST
Labour’s solar pitch found its audience online. The question is whether the economics will prove as persuasive as the politics.
Jul 13
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Martin Buhr
THE $2.75M GANG-FUNDING OUTRAGE: WHAT DID TAXPAYERS ACTUALLY BUY?
The programme’s gang links are well documented. Whether taxpayers received value for money deserves just as much scrutiny.
Jul 9
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Martin Buhr
MOVE ALONG, NOTHING TO SEE — EXCEPT THE HOMELESSNESS
Moving people on may make town centres look tidier. It does not necessarily mean fewer people have nowhere to go.
Jul 7
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Martin Buhr
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