New Zealand · Evidence
New Zealand: what was counted on 5 November 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
58 articles
At home
Regulation
- Labour hire company director to pay $200k for employment breaches ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Concrete company fired driver for leaving licence in parked car before test ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
Disruption
- Serious crash involving tractor and car closes Otago highway ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- ‘A necessary evil’: Dunedin firefighters prepare for extended strikes after negotiations fail again ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Cartoonist’s view: November 6 ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Copper theft puts student's health at risk during medical emergency ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Store worker hit by car during burglary attempt, children as young as 11 questioned ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Multiple Wellington schools under lockdown following police incident ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Oil spill after huge fire at power substation ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Highway reopens after serious highway crash south of Dunedin ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- One airlifted with serious injuries after car and van collide on SH1 ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Three injured, one seriously, in Auckland fire at power substation ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Business owner slams rubberneckers at Christchurch fire ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Auckland high school locked down after students assaulted ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
Internal tension
- Smashing the conch as the democratic process looms ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- ‘We've seen people lose eyes’: Three arrested as firefighters and police targeted with fireworks in Castle St ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Firework thrown through car window among 31 Guy Fawkes-related incidents this week ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
Safety & health
- Rising number of fireworks-related injuries prompts calls for greater care ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
Companies
- Quiz: The Hard Word ... something that will solve all problem ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Two people in Rakon insider trading case named, plead not guilty ↗ The National Business Review · independent
Politics
- What you need to know ahead of the election ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Join Paula Penfold for an election night Watch Party ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Furry Friday: Pets on politics ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Final Flip Forecast: The MPs set to lose, and the party set to win, tomorrow ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Economic pain, Democratic gain ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Underarm bowling on election day ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- ODT quiz: November 6 ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Final poll before election puts Labour ahead ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Laws off-air on ‘codeine/tramadol diet’ in wake of sexism controversy ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- ‘New Zealand’s been sold out’: Southland's former coal country fights for survival ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Paula Penfold: Newsflash for Winston Peters - women can vote too ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- A retiring MP’s guide to election Saturday ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Watch: Samantha Hayes and Paddy Gower talk everything election ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- ‘I reckon we’ll get there’, Opportunity leader says after 5.1% poll ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Now it’s time to take on the Tech Bros at home ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- It’s Labour’s spiritual homeland, but now the party is fighting to win it back ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- KiwiRail secures 100-year rail land lease extension to 2170 ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Live: It’s the final day of election campaigning (finally!) ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Controversial? Maybe. Check out the NZIA’s top new homes and renovations ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- The last day to campaign for a re-Christening ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- An obituary for Winston Peters’ political life ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- An obituary for Winston Peters’ political life ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- ‘New Zealand is not a left-wing city’: McAnulty dismisses radical tax agenda ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Don Brash wanted a universal basic income. I too want a universal income. ↗ Scoop · independent
- Guiding principles for Health New Zealand (and a charter to boot) ↗ Scoop · independent
- Crime, cost of living, avocados and Olivia Dean on the campaign trail in Hamilton ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Dunne's Weekly: So, Will Overhangs Decide Who Governs? ↗ Scoop · independent
- On Rejecting The Politics Of Fear ↗ Scoop · independent
- Opportunity defends rule allowing board members to veto coalition deal ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
Abroad, in its press
Internal tension
- The phantom coup that shook Europe ↗ Radio Sport · independent
- UN peacekeepers prepare to exit Lebanon after 70 years – leaving behind a worrying security vacuum ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent
- Russia and Ukraine trade airstrikes as reconstruction and security talks resume in Brussels ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Pulling The Funding: Trump, Israel And US Military Assistance ↗ Scoop · independent
Politics
- A Historic Arab Vote: Can Palestinians Disrupt Israel's Apartheid System? ↗ Scoop · independent
- All Blacks chat — Stuff debates the team with five changes for Scotland test ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- All Blacks name strong side for northern opener against Scotland ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Arab parties extend a hand to try to topple Netanyahu but challenges remain ↗ Stuff.co.nz · independent
- Discontent, distrust soar as mood sours across Australia ↗ Otago Daily Times · independent