Oceania · Monday, 9 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: Microsoft Authenticator · ReciMe: Recipe Keeper · Microsoft Teams · Shadowrocket · Myindici 2.0. 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 532 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- Democracy and elections More than usual
- What does election outcome mean for employment law? (nbr.co.nz)
- Election Reflection with Gerard Otto (waihekeradio.org.nz)
- Chrome 157 fixes 213 security flaws, with AI help on 21 (newswire.co.nz)
- Businesses turn to AI to query live operational data (itbrief.co.nz)
- Women facing significant inequalities in diagnosis, treatment of heart disease in NZ (nzdoctor.co.nz)
- Report Tracks Decade of Immunisation in New Zealand (miragenews.com)
- Military firepower lines up for Armistice Day event (localmatters.co.nz)
- Terror Of The Deep 'Permanent Weekend' Wellington LP Launch Shows - This Week (undertheradar.co.nz)
- New apple variety tipped to thrive in hotter, drier climates (nzherald.co.nz)
- La mayor parte del planeta ya llegó al límite de 1,5°C de calentamiento global (biobiochile.cl)
Survey · 2023 65% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.4positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.4The GDELT Project
- Anxiety0.8× usual2.7 words per 1,000usually 3.2The GDELT Project
- Fear1.2× usual0.9 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
- Anger1.0× usual4.7 words per 1,000usually 4.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.0× usual8.0 words per 1,000usually 7.7The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.2 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.
The White House, Public domain New
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Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
The Formary via YouTube (media uploaded with video2commons) [ 1 ], CC BY 4.0 Rising
New Zealand National Party, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
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Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 1 November 2026, in most of the country’s regions.
By category
Business & economy
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Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 New
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Cars & transport
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Nature, climate & disasters
Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0 Ziko van Dijk, 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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J. Malcolm Greany, Public domain Rising
Fashion & beauty
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Food & drink
Brian Minkoff- London Pixels, CC BY-SA 3.0 Dorota Trupp, CC BY-SA 2.0 Dave Pullig, CC BY 2.0
Gaming
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Money & crypto
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Movies & TV
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Music
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0 Rising
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Celebrities & creators
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Politics & world affairs
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Science & space
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New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0
Society & beliefs
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Vivianne Robinson from Santa Monica, United States http://NameOnRice.com, CC BY 2.0 Rising
Tech & AI
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XEvansGambitx, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
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Industries here
Government & public sector 19Gaming 18Media & entertainment 17Sports & fitness 5Travel & tourism 3Music 3Tech & software 2Advertising & marketing 1Telecom & internet 1Cars & mobility 1Transport & logistics 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 euro1.994NZD per euro9 Nov 2026 · euro +0.0% since 2 Nov 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
- Oceanography
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Education
- 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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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
2Ella Langley
3Adéla
4Olivia Dean
6Sam Fender
7Ashe
8Olivia Rodrigo
10Sienna Spiro
Apple Music · 2026-11-10
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley
2The Rest Is History
3Casefile
4Newstalk ZB
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5The Rest Is Politics: US
6The Daily
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7Between Two Beers Podcast
8Global News Podcast
9The Diary of a CEO
10No Such Thing as a Fish
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-10
App Store · Free apps
1EatClub - Restaurant Deals
2ReciMe: Recipe Keeper
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3Club+
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4ChatGPT
5Shop
6SuperGoldNZ
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7Microsoft Authenticator
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8YOUKNOW.
9Claude by Anthropic
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10JD Sports NZ
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App Store · 2026-11-10
App Store · Paid apps
1NZ Driving Theory Test
2Shadowrocket
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3NZ Topo50 South Island
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4NZ Topo50 North Island
5Te Aka Māori Dictionary
6Monash FODMAP Diet
7Squeezy
8Procreate
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9Chromagraph Camera
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10The Great White App
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App Store · 2026-11-10
Steam · Top sellers
1Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
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2Counter-Strike 2
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3Football Manager 27
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4Phantom Blade Zero
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5Warframe
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6Probably Stolen
7Dota 2
8Aion 2
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9Final Fantasy XIV
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10Loftia
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Steam data provided by Valve · 2026-11-03
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.