Chart of the Week

Portrait of a little boy dressed up as halloween vampire. The boy is aged 6 and is making scary face at the camera.

Chart of the week: pumpkins, lollies, and tooth decay

Here to top off your Halloween hangover, some grim figures on pumpkins, lollies, and child tooth decay.

By The Spinoff | 2nd November, 2016

Chart of the Week: are unions losing the young?

Chart of the Week: are unions losing the young?

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

By The Spinoff | 25th October, 2016

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

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

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.

By The Spinoff | 17th October, 2016

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

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

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.

By The Spinoff | 11th October, 2016

Photo: iStock

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

Are we a nation of binge drinkers? This week's charts from Figure.NZ shed some light.

By The Spinoff | 3rd October, 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

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

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

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.

By Lillian Grace | 22nd August, 2016

Auckland, New Zealand – February 28, 2012: People walk across the road in Queen Street Auckland New Zealand.

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

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.

By The Spinoff | 22nd August, 2016