Chart of the Week

Portrait of a little boy dressed up as halloween vampire

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


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

chartfeat

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

Chart of the Week: are unions losing the young?

Older woman standing on stack of books

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. 

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

stonefieldsapartments1

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. 

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

Drunk on Sidewalk

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

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

Fanfare At Sunset Lit Up By Red Lights

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

Chart of the week: The deal with Christchurch

Mother and children

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

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

goodbye-pork-pie-mini-chase

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

Chart of the week: toot toot, chugga chugga

Cassia_IMG_6136

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

Chart of the week: the hospitality game

Asian Businesswoman Leading Meeting At Boardroom Table

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.

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

figurenzzzz

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. 

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

Queen Street Auckland New Zealand

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.

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

fripoem1.jpg

The Friday Poem: ‘Mitochondrial Problem’ by Evangeline Riddiford Graham

Unity_HemingwaysGoblet-Murdle.png

The Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending April 18

trans rights

The Ministry of Health has delayed the release of its evidence brief on puberty blockers. While we wait, Julia de Bres speaks to those with firsthand experience.

What access to puberty blockers means for trans young people and their whānau

unnamed-42.jpg

Barcelona's city streets have gone from traffic-clogged to pedestrian-friendly. How? And why can't we do it here?

How superblocks can help reimagine city life

Cd3Zz5No-Hear-Me-Out-PP.png

Yes, they're better for the environment. No, that's not a good enough reason for me to use them. 

Hear me out: You can shove your reusable period products

Bulletin-190424.jpg

The government's plan to get 50,000 people off jobseeker support by 2030 has had a rocky start.

20,000 more on jobseeker benefits than this time last year

Stewarts-images-7.png

Student advocates are calling for 'drastic measures' to force the university to take their concerns seriously.

Auckland uni students threaten rent strike over rising accommodation fees

Untitled-design-2024-04-17T093051.700.png

A new novel set in Wellington is a narrative of grief, and an ode to beautiful food writing. 

A love letter to Wellington: when i open the shop by romesh dissanayake, reviewed

Stewarts-images-3.png

The government has made it well known it expects departments to cut roles. We break down the numbers as they currently stand.

An updated tally of the public sector job cuts

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

strong

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.

The Spinoff

Chart of the WeekSeptember 19, 2016

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

Loading...

Chart of the WeekSeptember 19, 2016

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

More Reading

Loading...