🇳🇿 New Zealand In power: RIGHT
CURRENT MONTH — OCTOBER 2026
LEFT
6
Labour / Greens / Te Pāti Māori
Governing side
RIGHT
8
National / ACT / NZ First
Governing side
Higher scores indicate more violent speech
Factions scoped to New Zealand political spectrum
Political compass
public mood vs who governs
Authoritarian
Libertarian
Left
Right
Leaning security
Leaning liberty
Leaning left
Leaning right
People
+28 / -16
Politicians
+22 / -8
24-MONTH HISTORY • LEFT VS RIGHT
● LEFT
● RIGHT
│ MAJOR EVENTS
MAJOR EVENTS
September 2024
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Treaty Principles Bill introduction polarization
November 2024
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Nationwide Hīkoi and Treaty Bill protest peak
March 2025
│
Gang legislation law-and-order rhetoric
May 2025
│
Budget cut protest rhetoric
November 2025
│
Hīkoi anniversary mobilization rhetoric
March 2026
│
Māori wards referendum rhetoric
May 2026
│
General election campaign buildup
PUBLIC vs GOVERNMENT
Lines (left axis): public mood (Spectrum) and who held the state that month on the same left–right axis.
Bars (right axis): gap (public − government), autoscaled.
How to read this
Scores (0–100) estimate how often each side’s public discourse calls for violence or issues threats. Left and Right are that country’s own camps, not US parties transplanted abroad. In power is who holds the state that month. Public mood is where people sit left–right and liberty–order; who governs is the office-holders’ ideology (slow-moving). Higher violent-speech scores mean more violent rhetoric. Scores are for entertainment and experimental purposes. Full methodology