Oceania · Thursday, 5 November 2026
New Zealand
No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.
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Everyday apps here: Squeezy · Shadowrocket · Procreate · NZ Charts · Paprika Recipe Manager 3. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.
What the news is talking about
How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 662 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- ThirdEye partners with Ireland's ID-Pal to bring AI ID verification to A/NZ (reseller.co.nz)
- Antisthenes launches AI-built Flip-a-Tyrant on Android (futurefive.co.nz)
- Democracy and elections More than usual
- The Rings of Power star on playing Gandalf: "It's not just a hat" (nzherald.co.nz)
- For Dad and all those fighting ALS (pentictonherald.ca)
- Battle of the Clubs: Manu Vatuvei to headline Bay of Plenty boxing event (nzherald.co.nz)
- Blast from the past at Awaroa/Godley Head – LiveNews.co.nz (livenews.co.nz)
- Voters encouraged to consider environment (odt.co.nz)
Survey · 2023 65% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- BNZ block, Nook knocked, MAGA nuts, Duxton dilemma (nbr.co.nz)
- BoE joins the rate hike club, Australia may be done already (ksevradio.com)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.7positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.4The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.0× usual3.1 words per 1,000usually 3.2The GDELT Project
- Fear1.1× usual0.8 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
- Anger1.2× usual5.6 words per 1,000usually 4.7The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.9 words per 1,000usually 7.7The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.1× usual7.7 words per 1,000usually 7.1The GDELT Project
News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.
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Issues people are looking up
The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.
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New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0 New
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New Zealand Labour Party, CC BY-SA 4.0 Breakout
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Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
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Cars & transport
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Nature, climate & disasters
flydime, CC BY-SA 2.0 Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0
Crime & justice
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Aruba Police Force (KPA, #13234), Public domain Rising
Books, arts & history
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Fashion & beauty
FLOTUS – Melania Trump, Public domain derivative work: Wildhartlivie ( talk ) Jerry Hall 1.jpg : Piers Allardyce, CC BY 2.0
Food & drink
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Gaming
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Movies & TV
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Music
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Jr. Smith IV, CC BY 4.0 Warmtoned, CC BY 4.0
Celebrities & creators
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Politics & world affairs
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Society & beliefs
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/naparazzi/, CC BY-SA 2.0 Rising
Original: NL-HaNA, ANEFO / neg. stroken, 1945-1989, 2.24.01.05, item number 930…, CC0 Rising
Travel & places
NASA World Wind, Screenshot by Carport, Public domain Rising
Originally uploaded by MarcusBritish (Transferred by Hogweard ), CC BY-SA 3.0
Industries here
Government & public sector 32Media & entertainment 22Gaming 14Music 7Sports & fitness 4Tech & software 2Travel & tourism 1Advertising & marketing 1Telecom & internet 1Health & pharma 1Science & research 1
The numbers behind the mood
The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.
Economy
- Unemployment5.4%Jun 2026 · −0.2 pts since May 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
- Consumer confidence98.5100 = long-run averageMar 2026 · −0.1 since Feb 2026OECD
- Central bank rate2.75%Oct 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Sept 2026BIS
- Real house prices-4.6%Q2 2026 · −1.0 pts since Q1 2026BIS
- GDP growth0.5%2025 · +1.3 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
- Youth unemployment14.4%2025 · +0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
- Currency vs the euro1.997NZD per euro5 Nov 2026 · euro +0.8% since 29 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB
Business
- Business confidence100.7100 = long-run averageMar 2026 · −1.0 since Feb 2026OECD
Research
Most-published fields last month
- Sociology and Political Science
- Molecular Biology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
Society
- People online93.5%2024 · +0.2 pts since 2023World Bank (ITU) · CC BY 4.0
- Trust in the national government45.9%OECD Trust Survey2023OECD Trust Survey
- Say humans mainly cause climate change44.8%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
- Want climate made a high government priority61.5%survey of Facebook users2023Meta Data for Good and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication · CC0 (public domain)
Charts
Netflix · TV
1The One About Matthew Perry
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2Nobody Wants This
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3The Diplomat
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Press photo, Public domain 4East of Eden
5Below
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6Lupin
8Minimum wage
9The New Stanford Prison Experiment
10Unforgettable
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Netflix · Films
1Greenfingers
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2The Addams Family
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3Glenrothan
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4The Addams Family 2
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5Novocaine
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6Surviving Hurricane Otis
7Hot Wheels Let's Race: Attack of the T-Rex
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8Far and Away
9Nowhere to Run
10Animals
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Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01
Apple Music · Artists
1Tate McRae
2Adéla
3Olivia Dean
4Ella Langley
5Sam Fender
7Olivia Rodrigo
8Sienna Spiro
9Ashe
Apple Music · 2026-11-06
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley
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2The Rest Is History
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3The Rest Is Politics
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4The Rest Is Politics: US
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5The Daily
6The Diary of a CEO
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7Newstalk ZB
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8Global News Podcast
9The Joe Rogan Experience
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10Casefile
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-06
App Store · Paid apps
1NZ Driving Theory Test
2NZ Topo50 South Island
3NZ Topo50 North Island
4Shadowrocket
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5Te Aka Māori Dictionary
6Chromagraph Camera
7Monash FODMAP Diet
8Squeezy
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9NZ Learners Driving Test
10The Great White App
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App Store · 2026-11-06
Steam · Top sellers
1Phantom Blade Zero
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2Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
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3Aion 2
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4Counter-Strike 2
5Probably Stolen
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7Dota 2
8Crimson Desert
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9Warframe
10Aniimo
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-10-27
Data credits: App Store · Apple Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Trends · Netflix Top 10 · Steam data provided by Valve · Wikipedia. These signals show what people look up, watch, play and buy online. How it works.