Chart of the Week

Chart of the Week: Is it time to write off book publishing?

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They say everyone has a book in them – even assorted Real Housewives – but how many of us actually get published? And how healthy is the industry that supports our novelists, poets and non-fiction writers? Two charts from Figure.NZ take a closer look. For more data on the New Zealand publishing industry, check out … Read more

Chart of the Week: The Auckland building boom, or bust?

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Under the Unitary Plan at least 400,000 new homes will be built to meet the growth of Auckland over the next 30 years. But while we wait for the Plan to take effect, let’s take a look at how many dwellings are being built right now. News that 35 Auckland apartment development projects have collapsed … Read more

Chart of the week: It’s how we’re drinking

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Are we a nation of binge drinkers? This week’s charts from Figure.NZ shed some light. The Losi Filipo case has brought renewed attention to New Zealand’s chronic problem with binge drinking and alcohol-fuelled assault. Three Figure.NZ charts take a look at our heaviest drinkers.   Want to know more about our drinking habits? Check out … Read more

Chart of the week: real housewives and ‘real’ work

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Working hard or hardly working? A look at who isn’t participating in the labour force, and why. Inspired by the Real Housewives of Auckland, this week’s charts from Figure.NZ provide an insight into the real lives of New Zealand’s ‘housewives’ and others not in paid work. Want to know more? Check out Figure.NZ.  

Chart of the week: toot toot, chugga chugga

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Is New Zealand a petrolhead nation? A glance at vehicle ownership, and how it’s changing. Inspired by the incredibly weird tale behind the Bashford Antiques clamping story, our friends at Figure.NZ have provided three graphic snapshots of motor vehicle ownership in New Zealand. Starting with the frankly absurd reality that most Auckland households own two … Read more

Chart of the week: the hospitality game

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Three Figure.NZ charts offer a snapshot of the people who work in New Zealand restaurants and bars – and where. New Zealand’s growing hospitality sector has been in headlines recently both in relation to immigration policy and the rapidly changing face of the industry itself. But who is cooking and pouring and serving, and where?

Chart of the week: how many women lead NZ businesses?

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In the second post from our new collaboration with Figure.NZ, a glance at the proportion of women bosses in New Zealand, plus how the numbers look in higher education. Last week Alex Casey spoke to Tara Moss, “activist, author, journalist and very cool legend” about her book Speaking Out, and why women have been so … Read more

Introducing: the Chart of the Week, from Figure.NZ. And a quiz, too

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Today the Spinoff and Figure.NZ launch a new weekly feature, in the form of a chart that tells us something about New Zealand. After extensive thought, we have decided to call it the ‘Chart of the Week’. The plan: to bring more data to more people, explains Lillian Grace, Figure.NZ CEO. After catching a glimpse … Read more

Chart of the Week: Auckland grows more populous, and older

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To launch the new Figure.NZ feature on the Spinoff, here’s how New Zealand’s biggest city has increased in population, and how it is projected to increase further. To completely disabuse readers of any impression that the Spinoff is Auckland-centric and fixated on the city’s growth, we’ve chosen for the inaugural installment of our new collaboration … Read more