Let’s Do Data
We love data.
It tells a story that provides a starting point for informed discussions.
This page provides some places where interesting data is available.
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Infometrics
From their website: “We are independent, trusted advisors on how the New Zealand economy is performing, with particular expertise in understanding the macro-economy, local economies, sectors, the construction industry, demographic projections, climate change policy, and the supply and demand for skills.”
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NZ Police - Crime Snapshot
This area of the NZ Police website provides data that can be searched by region - for example ‘Wellington City’ - and by date.
Link to the Crime Snapshot web page here
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Statistics NZ - Census 2023
The Census provides updated data about things such as the average age of the residents in ‘our patch’, and the number of businesses, and also how many households.
You can see the Wellington City summary here.
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Traffic movement - sensors
Wellington City Council has sensors across the city to monitor traffic flow. The WCC team is preparing to have the raw data available on the WCC Open Data Portal. The expected the timeframe for it to be available is the week of 6 October 2025