Dot Loves Data continues to revolutionise the fight against climate change with our ground-breaking Dynamic Carbon Tracker. We’ve taken another leap forward by having the Dynamic Carbon Tracker's methodology peer reviewed and accepted for academic publication.
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DOT loves data is helping ANZ to become a leader in data driven decision making, so it was great to catch up with the ANZ team at their recent data and digital showcase. We loved meeting ANZ's Chair Sir John Key and Chief Executive Antonia Watson and hearing their vision for a future of digitally enabled open banking!
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We are pleased to introduce Kateryna, DOT's new Product Manager, to our LinkedIn community. Originally from the Donetsk region of Ukraine, Kateryna and her husband Andrey moved to New Zealand as skilled migrants in 2015 and are proud to raise their son Leo here.
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New Zealand's electricity demand is expected to surge over the next 20 years as we invest in our networks and move from fossil fuels to more sustainable sources of energy. We worked with the Electricity Networks Association to help depict the level of growth anticipated, what is driving it and where it's occurring.
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Dr Paul Bracewell comes from a rich line of New Zealand sporting royalty. Uncle Brendon played for the Black Caps as a young tearaway fast bowler. Another uncle, John, featured as an aggressive spinner who thought he was a fast bowler. Cousin Doug secured a famous victory for the Black Caps in Hobart by snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, while younger cousin Michael recently flayed India'
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As a 14 year old, Dr Holly Trowland was told by her older brother that she wouldn't be able to understand Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of a Time. Driven by a desire to prove her brother wrong, Holly not only read and understood Hawking's tome, she wrote a PhD on the creation of the universe. A couple of decades on and Holly's brother is still eating his hat.
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DOT Co-Founder Dr Paul Bracewell joined Zoë George on The Podium to talk about the magnificent rise of the #BlackFerns. With the Rugby World Cup hitting New Zealand shores in 2022, the momentum and popularity behind the Black Ferns and women’s sport scaled new heights, to the extent that the Black Ferns were for several months New Zealand’s most heavily featured sports team.
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ANZ Banking Group, the Melbourne-based parent of ANZ, has scooped up Wellington tech firm DOT Loves Data, founded in 2014 by former first cricketer and ad man Jason Wells.
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New analysis by DOT shows the sun is clearly setting on fossil-fuelled motor vehicles. New Zealand new sales of low emission cars are skyrocketing and will overtake petrol and diesel sales as early as the middle of 2023.
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To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, DOT analysed 2.3 million media articles published between 2008 and 2022 to understand how the New Zealand media is contributing to the revitalisation of te reo Māori. The results show a huge media surge in the usage of te reo, which continues to accelerate.
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Ever thought about where you’d move if you could live anywhere in New Zealand? Stuff has launched its Sweet Spots series today in partnership with homes.co.nz and Dot Loves Data.
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We analysed the prices of 1.64m New Zealand homes and found that 45% now cost over $1m. This compares with 8% in the United States and 25% in Australia.
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New Zealanders are feeling the pinch right now with consumer prices rising across multiple consumer sectors, as we've pointed out in this article.
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The NCC project team won the best web and digital project award 2021 for their Pulse of Napier Te Pūnaha Kakapa A Ahuriri data dashboard. It provides a huge range of Napier-specific social, economic and environmental measures in one dashboard.
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We share the data we hold quickly so decision-makers are informed quickly and accurately. This summer these guys need our support more than ever so we’re encouraging everyone to shop local, spend large and enjoy time out with your friends and family!
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We’ve entered a period where the next generation, for the first time in New Zealand’s history, might be excluded from home ownership. We’re keen to make sure this doesn’t happen. To help, we’re partnering with homes.co.nz to shine a spotlight on New Zealand housing because we know good decision-making needs good insight and strong advocacy.
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"Lockdown culture" has changed our online spending habits. We're up 43% over last years Level 4 lockdowns. We expect to see it accelerate at Level 3. Let's see if we're changed for good.
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Using the DESi (DOT and Eftpos New Zealand spending index), we've been able to take a look at how things have been traveling since the bubble opened with our cousins across the ditch. Things are a long way from where they were, with Australians hesitant to travel around NZ. Locals visiting locally remains the lions share of spend across NZ.
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