New Zealand · Evidence
New Zealand: what was counted on 31 October 2026
Every article that passed the risk gate for New Zealand on this day, by category — the outlet, its leaning where known, and the link. These counts are what the pressure table adds up.
Signals counted
30 articles
At home
Regulation
- Fireworks imports slump as calls grow for sales ban ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Major WoF changes come into effect – but fines are about to jump ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- The one stretch of road generating nearly $22 million in fines ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
Disruption
- Wind warning for inland Otago as front bears down ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Fire breaks out in fish and chip shop in Ashburton’s CBD ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
Internal tension
Companies
- Winning her $965 claim for substandard work was just the start of her battle ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- What to know about the 11 billion hack on Binance, likely the biggest-ever crypto theft ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Eight weeks pregnant and pre-approved for a mortgage on your dream home: What happens now? ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Quiz: The really hard word ... trying to attract attention by pretending to show sexual interest ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
Politics
- Behind the scenes: the Wānaka Labour Weekend Exhibition ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Mayor weighs pros and cons ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Ravensbourne School combining voting with pupil market stalls ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- ODT quiz: November 1 ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Shock as deputy mayor dies in freak fall at home ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Electorate candidates deserve your vote on merit, not tactical gaming ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Christchurch to get commuter train trial ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- In the news quiz: Dame Jacinda Ardern has landed a new professional gig where? ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Labour vs National: Who is better for the sharemarket? And are there bigger issues to worry about? ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Four parties sign pledge to tackle youth homelessness if elected ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
Abroad, in its press
Internal tension
- Clashes in France as tensions erupt after peaceful marches ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- London police arrest 139 people outside US Embassy for supporting banned pro-Palestinian group ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- France heads into third weekend of protests as youth-led rallies sweep Europe ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- A moment of peril for Serbia’s peaceful revolution ↗ Scoop · independent
- Police secure Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal as protests erupt over court chief’s suspension ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
Safety & health
- Congo's Ebola deaths top 5,000 as fear of continent-wide spread mounts ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
Politics
- This Jewish ex-cop will represent an Islamist party in Israel's newly elected parliament ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- UK prime minister signals the government will consider an apology for its role in the slave trade ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Trump reshuffles plans as early voting surges, Alaska probe widens, and Democrats fight in Michigan ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent