255 Amputations at Work Last Year: The Lowest in 16 Years of Data
A Black Ferns star's comeback from a knee reconstruction made the sports pages. The quieter injury number sits in a Stats NZ table: work-related amputations have fallen 39% since 2009, and 2024 was the lowest year on record.
The Top of the South Lost 3,400 Households in a Year. That's a First
Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough and the West Coast counted 65,000 households in 2021, the most on record. The latest Stats NZ figure is 60,800, and the single-year fall behind it is the biggest in 28 years of data.
Nelson Added 708 Income Earners in 2024. Its Biggest Jump in 20 Years
Nelson's count of people with taxable income fell every single year from 2010 to 2021. The most recent figures, from 2024, show it rising again, and rising faster than any year since 2004. Here is what that turnaround actually looks like on the ground.
The Care Workforce Grew More in 2024 Than in Any Year This Century
New Zealand added 14,538 people whose main income comes from health care and social assistance in a single year, the biggest jump in a 24-year Stats NZ series. The sector that looks after everyone else is now growing faster than at any point since 2000.
Every Three Years, Except Once: The Four-Year Gap in NZ's Spending Data
New Zealand's official picture of how households spend their money is taken once every three years. Between 2019 and 2023 it stretched to four, and the gap landed squarely on the years your grocery bill changed shape.
Youth Adult Sentences Hit a 14-Year High. Still Below Every Year Pre-2011
Youth Court adult sentences rose to 93 in 2025, the most since 2011. But the full 33-year series shows something else: the worst year of this decade is still well under the quietest year of the era before it.
Serious Injuries Barely Moved for Nine Years. Then They Nearly Doubled
New Zealand recorded 7,650 serious non-fatal injuries in 2000 and 7,815 in 2008. By 2024 the count was 14,283, after 16 straight years of increases. But the pace of that climb has slowed sharply, and that is the part worth paying attention to.
3,207 Remanded for Burglary: The Highest Count in 27 Years of Data
Corrections has cut community bail beds while the remand population grows. The burglary remand numbers show why that timing matters: 2025's count jumped by more than 1,000 in a single year, blowing past a ceiling that held for a quarter of a century.
A Million More Kiwis Draw a Wage Than in 2000. Half Since 2014
Wellington City Council just cut 47 jobs. Zoom out and the national wage-earner count has only gone backwards twice in 24 years. The catch: what that head count can't tell you about your pay packet.
486 Compression Injuries: The Highest Count Since 2009, and Rising
Carpal tunnel and similar compression injuries build silently over years of repetitive work. New Zealand recorded 486 of them in 2024, the most in 15 years. The number has more than tripled since 2013.
6,021 Community Sentences for Violence: The Lowest Count Since 2007
Armed police, cordons and late-night callouts dominate the news. But the courts' own paperwork tells a quieter story: community sentences for violent offending have fallen to their lowest level in 18 years, down a third from the 2010 peak.
Withdrawn Charges Rose 40% in Four Years. Last Year They Nearly Stopped
New Zealand courts withdrew 42,311 charges in 2025, after a four-year climb of more than 12,000. But the latest rise was just 632 charges, the smallest in the run, and the total is still lower than almost every year before 2011.