With the events of last week bringing out the best in New Zealanders as we help, and are helped by, our neighbours, here’s a quiz on who exactly makes up our great country. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
Test how much you know about falling out of trees and the state of health in New Zealand, in this week’s quickfire quiz. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
With the launch of our brand new music section, here’s what’s been happening in the music business this decade. Click here for more figures on music in New Zealand, thanks to figure.nz.
On Saturday night the skies will be filled with light and dogs will be wondering what they ever did to deserve this. But first, test your knowledge of all things Guy Fawkes below. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
Here to top off your Halloween hangover, some grim figures on pumpkins, lollies, and child tooth decay.
They’re some of our biggest industries but how much do you really know about New Zealand growers and farmers? Test your knowledge below. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
Are unions in New Zealand dwindling? With unions trending towards older workers, they may very well be.
Before you switch your brain off for the long weekend and the All Blacks once again embarrass the Wallabies, test your knowledge of our favourite frenemies from across the ditch. Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
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
It’s late on a Friday afternoon and the weekend beckons – what better time to test your knowledge of occupations and employment in New Zealand? Having trouble viewing the quiz? Take it here.
This week’s quickfire quiz: how much do you know about New Zealand’s relationship with the United States? Wednesday’s car-crash of a presidential debate meant a big day for excellent Kiwi Twitter account @MovingToEnZed. I reckon @MovingToEnZed is going to get a good workout during the debates eh — Somon (@simonpnz) September 27, 2016 With polls … Read more
Three Figure.NZ charts offer an insight into the 2011 earthquake’s ongoing impact on the Garden City. Our recent post on Christchurch’s local election apathy was inspiration for this week’s charts from Figure.NZ – a snapshot of a city in three acts. Hungry for more Christchurch data? Check out Figure.NZ.
To mark the occasion of our endorsements for Auckland council and mayor, this week’s quiz looks at the differences between the Big Smoke and the country beyond the Bombay Hills.
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.
It’s Conservation Week, and we’re celebrating with a green-themed quiz. Dive in and discover how much you know about our wild places and natural resources.
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
Test yourself on our new weekly quiz immediately, so you can say you were there before it was cool. Earlier in the week, we launched the first Spinoff-Figure.NZ feature, in the form of the Chart of the Week. Today, the chart’s evil twin: the quiz. And in a week that the government announced plans to … Read more