New Zealand Tension Score
building record · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for New Zealand, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.
Where New Zealand stands
#94 of 197 countries today, #20 of 44 in Asia-Pacific (region score 45). Tension is steady this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
New Zealand news pulse
32 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names New Zealand, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.
What is driving New Zealand’s tension score
last 30 days- 42 headlines in 30 days — 0.22% of everything the engine read, up sharply on the previous 30 days (18).
- 17% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 10% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. New Zealand is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
- Region: Asia-Pacific reads 45 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about New Zealand) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.
New Zealand tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 19.0 | Calm | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 13.9 | Calm | 47 | 6 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 8.8 | Calm | 9 | 0 | 13 |
Record for New Zealand began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the New Zealand score is built
Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Asia-Pacific region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.
Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.
No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.
Questions people ask about New Zealand
Is New Zealand in a war right now?
Not on our roster. New Zealand is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.
Is tension in New Zealand rising or falling?
Rising: up 1 points in 7 days.
How does New Zealand compare with the rest of Asia-Pacific?
Below its region: New Zealand reads 19 against 45 for Asia-Pacific, ranking #20 of 44 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
Pakistan 36 · North Korea 33 · India 33 · Afghanistan 31 · China 29 · South Korea 26
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Asia-Pacific · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
New Zealand and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamPacific partner. New Zealand is a calm dateline that appears through Pacific diplomacy and Five Eyes intelligence.
What our engine watches in New Zealand
- Pacific island politics