New Zealand's new (proposed) electorate boundaries were released this week. MMP means that electorate boundaries don't really impact the outcome of elections, but it's still interesting to how the changes might impact individual MPs.

This is not a good graph. More on NZ Herald.

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/meth-use-...

(Paywalled)

Here's a fun (paywalled) map looking at the distribution of rainbow communities around New Zealand using the latest census data.

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/census-da...

I'm happy with how our interactive of every school's NCEA results has evolved. Lots of information is readily available to readers and each school's achievement rate is shown in context.

It is incredible, and concerning, how well the new(ish) equity measure predicts outcomes. 1/-
#ddj #datavis

Last year 44% more students left New Zealand state schools without NCEA L3 and before they turned 17 than during 2017–19.

Read more on NZ Herald here www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/post-covi...

If you have been waiting until the weekend to catch up on Thursday's budget take a look at my budget interactive www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

And the rest of the Herald's budget coverage www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/budget...

If you are completely bored of election graphics we have created a baby name chart for you - you can still use it if you love election charts and the history of baby names 😉

www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/ho...

Trying to get in the habit of cross-posting - tweeted this yesterday :)

I put together a small interactive to look at how close the election is and see how small changes from polled voting intention could affect the outcome.

See it in Audrey Young's article www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...