Oceania · Wednesday, 11 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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Office of the Governor-General of New Zealand, CC0 New
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Everyday apps here: Duo Aquarium · Sharesies: Grow your wealth · AliExpress - Shopping App · Gull · NZ Topo50 North Island. 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 566 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news
Share of the coverage
- AI More than usual
- Metlink Bus Fleet Cuts Emissions By A Quarter Since 2019 (scoop.co.nz)
- Pacific Artists Use Photography And Storytelling To Challenge Global Leaders At COP31 (scoop.co.nz)
Survey · 2023 65% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)
- "You've been rock solid in supporting us": Rohit Sharma thanks Bharat Army ahead of India vs New Zealand 4th ODI (newzealandstar.com)
- Everything you never knew about Remembrance Day | Ladysmith Chronicle (ladysmithchronicle.com)
- International Migration 12 November (miragenews.com)
- NASCAR news: Shane van Gisbergen stuck in United States amid green card wait (speedcafe.com)
How the news sounds
- Tone−0.4positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.4The GDELT Project
- Anxiety1.0× usual3.2 words per 1,000usually 3.2The GDELT Project
- Fear1.0× usual0.7 words per 1,000usually 0.8The GDELT Project
- Anger1.1× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 4.8The GDELT Project
- Sadness1.1× usual8.1 words per 1,000usually 7.7The GDELT Project
- Happiness1.0× usual5.5 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
- Financial uncertainty1.0× usual7.0 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 Rising
Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0 Rising
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Mx. Granger, CC0 Rising
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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
The White House, Public domain New
Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0 Rising
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Nature, climate & disasters
Schwede66, CC BY-SA 4.0 Everyday app
Crime & justice
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Circa Theatre . Taken at Circa Theatre, 1 Taranaki Street, Wellington, New Zeal…, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Fashion & beauty
New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0
Food & drink
Dorota Trupp, CC BY-SA 2.0 Brian Minkoff- London Pixels, CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyday app
Gaming
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Money & crypto
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Movies & TV
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Music
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Celebrities & creators
Office of the Governor-General of New Zealand, CC0 New
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Politics & world affairs
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New Zealand National Party, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rising
Science & space
New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0 Oren Jack Turner, Public domain
Society & beliefs
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Sports
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Travel & places
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Industries here
Gaming 19Media & entertainment 17Sports & fitness 11Music 8Government & public sector 8Travel & tourism 4Tech & software 2Health & pharma 2Education 2Restaurants & hospitality 1Transport & logistics 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 euro1.993NZD per euro11 Nov 2026 · euro −0.3% since 4 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
1Taken: Natalee Holloway
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2The One About Matthew Perry
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3A Couple of Lies
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4Nobody Wants This
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5Black Doves
6Instadocs: Jane Doe v. Cornell
7Will Trent
8Dead-End Job
9The Diplomat
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10East of Eden
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Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Netflix · Films
1Sing 2
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2The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
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3You, Me & Tuscany
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4Collision Course
5The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
6It Ends with Us
7A Dog's Perfect Christmas
8Heist
9Sing
10The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-08
Apple Music · Artists
Rick Munroe, CC BY-SA 4.0 1Ella Langley
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2Olivia Dean
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3Tate McRae
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5Sam Fender
6Adéla
7Olivia Rodrigo
8Ashe
Apple Music · 2026-11-12
Apple Podcasts · Shows
1ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley
2The Rest Is History
3The Rest Is Politics
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4The Rest Is Politics: US
5Casefile
6Newstalk ZB
7Sex.Life
8The Daily
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9Global News Podcast
10Between Two Beers Podcast
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Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-12
App Store · Free apps
1EatClub - Restaurant Deals
2Club+
3ReciMe: Recipe Manager
4Shop
5ChatGPT
6YOUKNOW.
7Claude by Anthropic
8Microsoft Authenticator
9Woolworths NZ
10AliExpress - Shopping App
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App Store · 2026-11-12
App Store · Paid apps
1NZ Driving Theory Test
2NZ Topo50 North Island
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3Shadowrocket
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4NZ Topo50 South Island
5The Great White App
6Te Aka Māori Dictionary
7Squeezy
8Monash FODMAP Diet
9NZBJJF
10Duo Aquarium
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App Store · 2026-11-12
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.