Follow the Money
See how public funds are spent, who earns what, and where the connections are
Featured Reports
MP Cost to Taxpayer
See exactly what your MP costs — every dollar of taxpayer-funded travel, accommodation, and support across 18 years.
Council Financial Rankings
Is your council financially healthy? Scores for all 78 NZ councils on solvency, liquidity, and sustainability.
CEO Remuneration
How much do public sector leaders earn? 1194 CEs across 208 agencies, median pay $372K.
Crown Entity Boards
Who sits on NZ Crown entity, Crown agent, and SOE boards? Board composition, chairs, appointing parties, member lists.
Council Financial Stress
Which councils are under financial pressure? Debt ratios, interest coverage, solvency scores. 32 councils ranked by financial health.
Benefit Statistics
410,000+ NZ benefit recipients. Quarterly data: Jobseeker Support, Sole Parent Support, SLP. Gender, age, duration breakdowns. 5-year trends.
Taxpayer Value Score
Which agencies deliver best value for money? Composite 0-100 score: KPI achievement, cost efficiency, workforce productivity, budget discipline, and more.
AI Automation Potential
Which agencies could benefit most from AI? Score based on contractor intensity, labour costs, service type, and digital maturity signals.
Balance the NZ Budget
Can you close the $3B deficit? Cut spending, raise revenue, and apply AI savings in this interactive budget simulator. See real-time impact on NZ government debt.
AI Savings Calculator
Interactive calculator: adjust AI adoption rate (5-50%) to estimate per-agency savings and FTE capacity freed. Based on automation potential scores.
Inter-Agency Relationship Map
How do government agencies connect? Partnerships, funding flows, service transfers, and governance. See the most connected agencies and explore their networks.
Agency Benchmarking
Compare government agency performance: revenue, expenses, FTE, turnover, KPIs met, minister satisfaction, contractor spend, and grants distributed.
Consultant & Contractor Spending
How much do government agencies spend on consultants? Compare by agency, find top consulting firms, and browse GETS contract awards.
Agency → Charity Funding Map
Which NZ government agencies fund which charities? Cross-platform view of major contracts disclosed in charity annual reports, with expiring-contract watchlist and dependency signals.
Search Annual Reports
Full-text search across 15+ government agency annual reports. Find mentions of consultants, programmes, risks, restructures, and more.
Where Does Your Tax Dollar Go?
Find out exactly where your personal tax goes. Interactive breakdown of the ~$121B Crown budget with personal tax calculator.
Parliament & MP Expenses
What does your MP cost? Compare spending across parties and track salaries over time
MP Cost to Taxpayer
See exactly what your MP costs — every dollar of travel, accommodation, and support across 18 years of data.
Party Spending Analysis
Which parties spend the most per MP? Compare spending patterns equally across all 9 parties.
MP Salaries & Career Earnings
Track salaries for 182 MPs across 56 years. Total career earnings: $213.4M.
MP Salary Calculator
Interactive tool to calculate NZ MP salaries by role. Compare what ordinary MPs, Ministers, and the Prime Minister earn.
Air Travel Expenses
Analyze $47.6M in MP and ministerial air travel across 18 years. See who flies the most and compare by party.
Political Donations
Party funding, donor profiles, and disclosure data
Party Donations Over Time
Track donations to political parties by year. Compare giving patterns across National, Labour, ACT, Green, NZ First, and other parties.
Donation Network Graph
Interactive force-directed graph showing money flows between donors and political parties. Spot multi-party donors and NZX-linked contributors.
MP Financial Interests
What do MPs own, who gives them gifts, and where are their financial connections?
MP Financial Interests
Explore declared interests for 369 MPs. See which banks hold MP mortgages, top gift givers, company directorships, and more.
MP Interests Network
Visualize financial relationships between MPs and entities - banks, gift givers, companies, creditors. Filter by mortgages, gifts, shareholdings, and more.
MP Mortgages by Bank
Which banks hold MP mortgages? Westpac leads with 193 declarations.
MP Investment Holdings
Discover where 239 companies have MP shareholders.
MP Property Ownership
Explore 652 property declarations across all parties.
MP Gift Givers
Who gives gifts to MPs? Track 1,000 different givers across parties.
MP KiwiSaver Providers
See which KiwiSaver providers MPs use. Other leads.
MP Trusts & Interests
Explore 447 trust declarations by MPs. Family trusts dominate.
Debts Owed TO MPs
488 declarations of money owed to MPs - bank deposits, loans, trust accounts.
MPs & Govt Funding Orgs
943 connections between MPs and organisations seeking govt funding.
Public Sector Leadership
Who runs government agencies, what do they earn, and who appointed them?
CEO Remuneration
Explore pay for 1194 public sector Chief Executives across 208 agencies. Median pay: $372K.
Political Appointments
See which political parties appointed board members across public sector organisations. Analyze appointment patterns across different governments.
Gazette Crown Appointments
Searchable database of crown appointments published in the NZ Gazette. Track who governments appoint to public sector boards, committees, and statutory roles.
Funding Approvals
Track who approved government funding to organisations. See which ministers and officials signed off on grants, contracts, and subsidies.
Remuneration Authority
Judicial salaries, statutory officer pay, and Crown entity board fees as set by the NZ Remuneration Authority. Complete pay transparency across all branches of government.
Agency Workforce
FTEs, average salaries, gender & ethnic diversity, turnover, and tenure for NZ public service departments. Data from Te Kawa Mataaho.
Board Composition
Gender diversity, board size, role distribution, and tenure across crown entities, SOEs, CRIs, and government agencies. See which agencies have the most diverse governance.
Regional Development Funding
Kanoa, Provincial Growth Fund, and regional investments
Kanoa Regional Funding
Explore $3817.0M in regional development funding across 1,000 projects. Track funding by region, sector, and recipient type.
Kanoa Top Recipients
See which organisations received the most Kanoa funding. From iwi to councils to private companies, track the largest government investments.
Kanoa Jobs Impact
Track 13,646 jobs created through Kanoa funding. See which regions and sectors have the greatest employment impact.
Provincial Growth Fund
Deep dive into the PGF - $1701.8M invested across 1,000 regional projects.
Local Government
How does your council compare? Financial health, rates, and what elected officials earn
Council Awarded Contracts
Auckland Council awarded contracts and supplier spend data. Cross-linked to NZX-listed companies, charities, and public sector agencies.
Council Financial Rankings
Compare financial health scores for all 78 NZ councils. Rankings based on solvency, operational performance, liquidity, and sustainability metrics.
Council Rates & Staff Costs
Track annual rates increases and staff cost changes across all NZ councils. Year-over-year percentage changes from 1993 to 2024.
Councillor Pay
Compare Mayor and Councillor salaries across all 78 New Zealand local councils. See what elected officials earn.
Councillor Pecuniary Interests
Declared financial interests of elected councillors — directorships, shareholdings, trusts, property, and employment across NZ councils.
Councillors Who Were MPs
Discover mayors and councillors who previously served as Members of Parliament or Ministers.
Revolving Door Tracker
Where former MPs go after Parliament — corporate boards, charity governance, iwi entities, and crown appointments.
Ministerial Diaries
Who has the minister's ear? Track which organisations meet with government ministers, meeting frequency, and cross-links to NZX companies.
Budget & Spending
Crown budget breakdowns and where your tax dollar goes
Procurement & Contracts
Who gets government contracts? Supplier concentration, spending patterns, and cross-linked entities
Government Contracts
Explore 20,000+ GETS contracts and 6,700+ Auckland Council contracts. Cross-linked to NZX-listed companies and registered charities.
Procurement Intelligence
Vendor concentration analysis, agency procurement patterns, sole-source ratios, and NZX-listed company government revenue dependency.
Network Analysis
Interactive visualizations of connections and relationships
People Network
Visualize connections between people across NZ public sector. MPs, chief executives, board members, and charity trustees linked through shared organizations.
Agency Network
Explore connections between public sector agencies through shared board members and executives.
Shared Directorships
Private companies where NZX directors, MPs, councillors, and iwi officers share board seats — cross-sector connections visible only through the Companies Register.
Data sourced from Government transparency records. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@nzxplorer.co.nz.
For informational purposes only. Not investment advice.