Auckland Convictions Are Up 67% Since 2021. And Still Below Every Pre-2019 Year
Adults convicted in Auckland's courts have climbed four years running, reaching 4,880 in 2025. That's the highest since 2018, and roughly a third of what the same courts were processing in 1989.
Remands for Offences Against Justice Procedures Fell 32%, Then Came Almost All the Way Back
Between 2017 and 2022, remands for offences against justice procedures, government security and government operations dropped by nearly a third. By 2025 they were back to 2,469, within 39 of the old peak. Two numbers that shouldn't sit side by side.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.