Oceania · Saturday, 7 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: Sun Seeker Golden Hour Tracker · NZ Topo50 South Island · DiDi: Rides, Food and Payments · Procreate · NZ Learners Driving Test. 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 340 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Democracy and elections More than usual
- Slower Sales And Rising Listings Change How Real Estate Agents Win Business (scoop.co.nz)
- 美元指數升穿102，美債孳息率反彈｜METROHK.com.hk (metrohk.com.hk)
- Terror Of The Deep Album Release! With Spirit Level - Pyramid Club, Wellington (undertheradar.co.nz)
- Don't let November's noise distract you | Elk River Star News (hometownsource.com)
Survey · 2023 65% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.3positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.4The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.8× usual2.7 words per 1,000usually 3.2The GDELT Project
- Fear0.9× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
- Anger1.1× usual5.2 words per 1,000usually 4.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual7.5 words per 1,000usually 7.7The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.1× usual8.1 words per 1,000usually 7.2The 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 National Party, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
Green Party, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
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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
Cars & transport
2Sun Seeker Golden Hour Tracker
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Nature, climate & disasters
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Crime & justice
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Books, arts & history
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Fashion & beauty
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Food & drink
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Gaming
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Money & crypto
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Movies & TV
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Music
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Celebrities & creators
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Politics & world affairs
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Society & beliefs
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Sports
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Tech & AI
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Travel & places
Reto Stöckl / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Public domain Stephen Glauser, CC BY-SA 2.0 Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, Public domain
Industries here
Government & public sector 41Gaming 14Media & entertainment 11Music 4Sports & fitness 4Tech & software 4
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 euro2.014NZD per euro6 Nov 2026 · euro +1.6% since 30 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
Rick Munroe, CC BY-SA 4.0 1Ella Langley
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2Tate McRae
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3Olivia Dean
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4Adéla
5Sam Fender
7Olivia Rodrigo
8Ashe
10Stella Lefty
Apple Music · 2026-11-08
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley
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2Casefile
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3The Rest Is Politics: US
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4The Rest Is History
5Global News Podcast
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6Gone By Lunchtime
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7The Diary of a CEO
8The Daily
9No Such Thing as a Fish
10Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-08
App Store · Free apps
1ThreeNow
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2Club+
3EatClub - Restaurant Deals
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4TVNZ+
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5ReciMe: Recipe Keeper
6ChatGPT
7McDonald's
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8JD Sports NZ
9Sky Sport Now
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10Everyday Rewards
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App Store · 2026-11-08
App Store · Paid apps
1NZ Topo50 South Island
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2NZ Driving Theory Test
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3NZ Topo50 North Island
4Shadowrocket
5Chromagraph Camera
6Te Aka Māori Dictionary
7NZ Learners Driving Test
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8Procreate
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9HRV4Training
10The Great White App
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App Store · 2026-11-08
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.