By TinekeThe richest and poorest suburbs in New Zealand
There is no polite way to rank your neighbours by income, so we have done it impolitely.
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By KurtSchool deciles are gone. Meet the Equity Index.
For nearly thirty years, New Zealand parents judged schools by a single number out of ten, then repeated it at dinner parties as though it meant something.
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By TinekeThe fastest-growing suburbs in New Zealand (and the ones quietly shrinking)
New Zealand reached about 5.34 million people by the end of 2025, but the growth has cooled sharply: in the year to June 2025 the country expanded just 0.7 percent, down from…
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By KurtThe sunniest, wettest and windiest places in New Zealand
Every New Zealander believes their region has the worst weather, and most of them are wrong. Wellingtonians wear the wind like a medal.
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By TinekeThe most affordable suburbs in New Zealand
The cheapest house is rarely the cheapest life, which is the trap every "most affordable suburbs" list falls straight into.
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Sticky Beak
The suburb.co.nz blog. We dig into the numbers behind New Zealand’s suburbs - who lives where, what it costs, what the schools are like, and which corner of the country gets the most sunshine. No fluff, no real-estate adjectives.