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Chart of the WeekOctober 25, 2016

Chart of the Week: are unions losing the young?

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Are unions in New Zealand dwindling? With unions trending towards older workers, they may very well be.

Jared Novelly cheers on his Illawarra Hawks, in an away game against the Cairns Taipans (Photo: Emily Barker/Getty Images)

US Senate confirms Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to NZ, billionaire Jared Novelly

Hailing from a Missouri oil family, he is deep in an Australian basketball fight and eager to work with NZ amid China’s ‘destabilising behaviour in the Pacific’.

By Toby Manhire | 27th May, 2026

Editor-at-large

Clockwise from centre, John Gillon, Alf Filipaina, Sarah Paterson-Hamlin, Richard Hills, Lotu Fuli, Shane Henderson and Julie Fairey captured on the livestream of the council meeting

Rates rise opponents shot down in brutal Q&A at Auckland Council

After the interrogation was over, one councillor was compelled to give his beleaguered North Shore counterpart a pick-me-up.

By Hayden Donnell | 27th May, 2026

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith (Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii)

Officials told government not to intervene in a climate court case

The government was warned it would be premature to consider reform while a court case against emitters was under way.

By Lillian Hanly of RNZ | 27th May, 2026

Dating Files: ‘Men can be interested in older women, but generally they are ageist’

Dating Files: ‘Men can be interested in older women, but generally they are ageist’

A 71-year-old semi-retired woman is looking for a healthy man with a sense of humour.

By Dating Files | 27th May, 2026

Elizabeth Cox recently won best illustrated non-fiction at the Ockhams.

‘Tears (mine) every time!’ Elizabeth Cox’s love/hate relationship with children’s books

'A bad rhyming scheme will bug you every time... '

By The Spinoff Review of Books | 27th May, 2026

The prime minister’s office ‘has no record or recollection’ of briefings from lobbyists for Fonterra or Z Energy. (Design: Tina Tiller).

Lobbying shouldn’t be done in the shadows

Accusations over climate change legislation have the lobbying industry back in the headlines, and it's all negative.

By Holly Bennett | 27th May, 2026

The first reports into the Manage My Health hack have been released.

Damning health data breach reports released

Three reports on the Manage My Health cyber security breach were released today... so what happened exactly?

By Henry Oliver | 27th May, 2026

Bulletin editor

Act MP Parmjeet Parmar and National MP Katie Nimon led the way in acquiring new rental properties this term. Image: Joel MacManus

Government MPs acquired 25 extra investment properties after passing pro-landlord reforms

From new rentals to redevelopments, some coalition MPs have been upping their ownership of residential properties.

By Joel MacManus | 27th May, 2026

Image: The Spinoff

Is the NZ government sleepwalking into its own automation scandal?

Cautionary tales from abroad show that when automation and AI goes wrong, it does so at speed and scale – with huge human and financial costs.

By Alexandra Sinclair | 27th May, 2026

Chart of the Week

Neil Dawson, ‘Fanfare’ sculpture, Christchurch

Chart of the week: The deal with Christchurch

Three Figure.NZ charts offer an insight into the 2011 earthquake's ongoing impact on the Garden City.

By The Spinoff | 26th September, 2016

iStock

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

Working hard or hardly working? A look at who isn't participating in the labour force, and why.

By The Spinoff | 19th September, 2016

Chart of the week: toot toot, chugga chugga

Chart of the week: toot toot, chugga chugga

Is New Zealand a petrolhead nation? A glance at vehicle ownership, and how it's changing.

By The Spinoff | 12th September, 2016

In the kitchen at Cassia. Photo: Rebecca Thomas

Chart of the week: the hospitality game

Three Figure.NZ charts offer a snapshot of the people who work in New Zealand restaurants and bars - and where.

By The Spinoff | 6th September, 2016

A high-level Spinoff-Figure.NZ meeting. (Posed by models.) Photo: iStock

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

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.

By The Spinoff | 29th August, 2016