May 5, 2025
CubaDupa! Cultural and Economic Powerhouse š
Wellingtonās iconic CubaDupa festival has proved it's a cultural and economic powerhouse by delivering a major economic boost and generating $4.74 million in spending across the CBD, based on our latest analysis using ANZ transactions data.
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March 20, 2025
New leadership, same big dream.
After an incredible 10 years of leadership, heās decided itās time to pass the torch to Mike Brough, who will step into the role as CEO.
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March 14, 2025
#10yearsofthanks
10 years of thanksāØ ā Turning 10 is a big deal, just ask any kid who reaches double digits!
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March 14, 2025
Kiwis Tightened Their Belts in 2024, But Online Spend Still Grows
New analysis by Dot Loves Data of ANZ consumer spending shows New Zealanders tightened their belts during 2024, prioritising essentials and value over discretionary purchases. Data from ANZ card transactions shows that while overall spending has remained stable, consumers are prioritising grocery and moving to low-cost options.
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February 16, 2025
New Zealand's Summer Hot Spots
Aucklanders led the way in domestic tourist spending over the peak summer, in places like Queenstown, Coromandel and the Far North.
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February 14, 2025
To data, our one true love
You hold the answers to our dreams, the key to every mystery and the power to change the world. This Valentine's Day, we want the world to know our love for you is eternal - it's you and me 'til our dying days.
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January 21, 2025
Regional Winners: The best performing New Zealand districts in 2024
We have unveiled stark contrasts in the economic and social performance of New Zealand's regions in 2024, with some regions picking up pace and others struggling across key metrics.
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January 17, 2025
Boxing Day Knocked Out?
For decades, Boxing Day has reigned as the undisputed heavyweight of New Zealand's retail calendar sales. But in 2024, Black Friday and Matariki were Stealing the Spotlight šļøāØ
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January 16, 2025
Dr Tamsyn Hilder is leaving!
We are pretty gutted, but itās not all bad news for us at DOT. Such is Tamās legacy, she has left us with a cracker team ready to start to step into those feisty size 8s of hers.
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December 11, 2024
The Greatest Love Story of All Time
10 years ago DOT took a chance on data. A decade later, weāre still in business and still head over heels for data.
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December 9, 2024
Local retailers win big on Black Friday
Kiwi shoppers show over the Black Friday sales period they prefer buying local if the price is right.
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November 18, 2024
International Retailers Dominating Online Spend
Kiwis spending over $80m on international online shopping each month
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October 21, 2024
Wellingtonās BledisWoW Weekend
Weāre stoked to be publishing ANZ retail spending data for the first time in NZ.The tills were ringing at Wellington businesses over the weekend of 27-29 September, thanks to a double dose of blockbuster events: the Bledisloe Cup clash between the All Blacks and Wallabies, and the opening weekend of WoW.
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September 16, 2024
Announcing our new partnership with The Warehouse Group
Dot Loves Data is pleased to announce our new partnership with The Warehouse Group, New Zealandās largest retailer.
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July 25, 2024
We need your help to put this right.
Over the last 16 months we've been working hard to support the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry's report release.
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July 18, 2024
We are looking for a top top person, not just a brain
Evie is heading to the UK for her big OE (!) and while we're gutted to lose her from the DOT team, we're very excited for her.
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July 15, 2024
Economic incentives work!
Last year we reported how NZ's low-emission vehicle sales had powered past fossil-fuelled vehicles. But our report came with a warning. We pointed out that sales would come to a screeching halt if the Government reversed the Clean Car Discount.
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July 8, 2024
Community Compass news with Hawke's Bay
Weāre stoked to announce a new partnership with the Hawke's Bay Regional Economic Development Agency (HBREDA) to showcase all the Bay has to offer using Community Compass!
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July 3, 2024
Natasha is off! We are gutted, and looking for next amazing Data Engineer/human
Natasha is off! We are gutted, but also super happy for Natasha as she has been accepted into the University of Amsterdam to do her Masters of Logic. Bloody awesome. We now need someone to fill Natashaās Doc Martin shoes!
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July 2, 2024
The secret sauce behind fast-growing franchise Ko Ko Dak's success
A massive congratulations to the fast-growing Ko Ko Dak Korean-fried chicken franchise and we LOVE being a part of the secret sauce that helps you and thousands of New Zealand businesses thrive ā¤ļøš
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June 30, 2024
Introducing our new Community Compass
Weāre very proud to have launched the new and improved version of DOT's Community Compass, the source of New Zealand's richest community insights.
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June 30, 2024
DOT Loves Data's Involvement in the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care
DOT Loves Data was privileged to play a role in analysing thousands of survivor accounts for the Royal Commission.
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June 20, 2024
DOT Loves making our clients' lives easier! āØ
We recently worked with the Ministry for the Environment | ManatÅ« mÅ te Taiao to revolutionise their carbon emissions reporting! šā
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April 1, 2024
Introducing HOWTWO Small Business Support Programme
Our strategic alliance with ANZ is going from strength to strength!
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November 30, 2023
New Zealandās low-emission vehicle revolution is here
A big thank you to our friends at The Spinoff for their support in publishing our article on New Zealand's EV Revolution!
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October 31, 2023
Work for 2023 NZSAR Annual Report
DOT loves data has been helping NZ Search and Rescue to better understand and communicate its data, including data visualisations for its 2023 Annual Report and harmonising its data with support organisations.
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September 30, 2023
Data visualisations for MSD Australia & New Zealand
We're really proud to be supporting a campaign to improve Kiwis' access to modern prescription medicines.
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August 31, 2023
New Zealand is reclaiming its spot on the global tourism map!
As the COVID pandemic recedes, tourists from all corners of the world are flocking back to Godzone.
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June 9, 2023
Helping the fight against climate change
Dot Loves Data continues to revolutionise the fight against climate change with our ground-breaking Dynamic Carbon Tracker. Weāve taken another leap forward by having the Dynamic Carbon Tracker's methodology peer reviewed and accepted for academic publication.
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May 10, 2023
DOT loves ANZ
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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April 7, 2023
Introducing Kateryna
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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April 1, 2023
Illuminating electricity demand
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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March 15, 2023
More about DOT's founder Paul
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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February 10, 2023
Meet Holly
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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January 20, 2023
Rising stars of the media
DOT Co-Founder Dr Paul Bracewell joined ZoĆ« 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 womenās sport scaled new heights, to the extent that the Black Ferns were for several months New Zealandās most heavily featured sports team.
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December 21, 2022
ANZ Group buys Wellington tech firm DOT Loves Data
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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November 14, 2022
Is the petrol car as dead as the dodo?
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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September 16, 2022
Use of te reo MÄori in New Zealand media continues to grow
To celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo MÄori, 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 MÄori. The results show a huge media surge in the usage of te reo, which continues to accelerate.
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August 15, 2022
Find your Sweet Spot
Ever thought about where youād 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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August 8, 2022
The rise of New Zealandās middle class millionaires
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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August 1, 2022
Would you like some fries with that? Probably not, as the price of fast food increases with rising inflation
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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June 22, 2022
Napier City Council won a national award at the Annual ALGIM Conference
The NCC project team won the best web and digital project award 2021 for their Pulse of Napier Te PÅ«naha 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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December 19, 2021
Hospitality in crisis: How can we save our bars and restaurants?
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 weāre encouraging everyone to shop local, spend large and enjoy time out with your friends and family!
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December 6, 2021
A Reality Check on the Kiwi Dream
Weāve entered a period where the next generation, for the first time in New Zealandās history, might be excluded from home ownership. Weāre keen to make sure this doesnāt happen. To help, weāre 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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September 1, 2021
'Lockdown culture' marks transformational shift in New Zealanders' spending habits as online sales boom
"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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July 6, 2021
KaikÅura most tourism reliant region, Aucklanders outspend Australians
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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