Community Pulse by Data n DashboardsData LakeDashboardsAISpatial

Know your
community.
One platform.

Ready-to-use data, dashboards and AI-driven insights for organisations across Aotearoa — eliminating costly data silos and enabling smarter, faster decisions across government, business and communities.

Source cited on every chart
Nationally consistent
Refreshed on release cycles
One platform · six products
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PRODUCT 01 · COMMUNITY PULSE DATA LAKENew Zealand’s largest curated public sector data repository.
800+datasets
40+sources
Stats NZMinistry of HealthMSDMBIEWaka Kotahi NZTATreasuryElectoral CommissionMfE
800+datasets · cleaned · aligned
TableauPower BIAny BI tool
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PRODUCT 02 · COMMUNITY PULSE DASHBOARDS380+ interactive dashboards across 13 themes.
380+dashboards
78councils
Population
[X]
Median rent
[X]
Filled jobs
[X]
[District] · trendIllustrative
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PRODUCT 03 · COMMUNITY PULSE AIAsk in Claude, get an answer you can cite.
250+datasets
Freeto start
ai.datandashboards.com/mcpCopy
How many people work in manufacturing in the Waikato region?
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24,800 filled jobs in manufacturing across the Waikato Region.
Employment by Industryfilled jobsyear to Feb 2025
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PRODUCT 04 · BUILD YOUR OWN DASHBOARDYour questions, your dashboard.
800+datasets
13themes
CHOOSE DATA
Population
Median rent
Building consents
Filled jobs
My dashboard · [District]Illustrative
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PRODUCT 05 · SPATIAL ANALYSISSee your community on the map.
78councils
GeoJSONexports
Layer: Median rentArea: Ward
Lower
Higher
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PRODUCT 06 · CUSTOM THEME DASHBOARDSYour topic, built on our data.
13national themes
+1yours
PopulationHousingHealthEconomyTransportEducationEnvironmentSocialSafetyLabourIncomeGovernanceElections
Your themeBuilt on the same cited data, in the same style
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800+
datasets in the data lake
40+
official sources
380+
community dashboards
25+
clients served
The cost of fragmented data

78 councils. 1.5 analysts each.
A nation’s data left untapped.

Data dispersion & silos

Council data is trapped across fragmented systems and disconnected platforms — no single trusted source of truth for decision-making.

Time-consuming & outdated

Manual collection and reporting take weeks — so critical decisions get made before accurate insights are even available.

Duplicated effort

Every council independently rebuilds the same data and analytics capability — duplicated cost, fragmented intelligence, repeated investment.

How it fits together

One data foundation.
Five ways to use it.

Data is ingested, cleaned and aligned once in the Data Lake. Every product on top works from the same consistent definitions — so a figure in a dashboard, on a map and in a Claude answer always agree.

Where Community Pulse makes the difference

Real-world intelligence for
your most critical workflows.

Local councils
Long-Term & Annual Plans

Pull demographic, housing, transport and economic data for every district. Build evidence-based LTPs in hours, not weeks.

Social organisations
Funding Applications

Present robust community needs evidence. Show funders the scale, urgency and demographics of the issue you address.

Both
Community Needs Assessments

Understand who lives in your area, what pressures they face, and where gaps in services exist — all in one view.

Local councils
Elected Member Briefings

Give councillors and mayors digestible, up-to-date community intelligence before governance meetings.

Social organisations
Impact & Outcome Reporting

Contextualise your outcomes against population benchmarks. Demonstrate relevance and scale to trustees and funders.

Both
Election & Civic Intelligence

Track voter turnout, participation trends and LGE 2025 results across all TAs in New Zealand.

Local councils
Long-Term & Annual Plans

Pull demographic, housing, transport and economic data for every district. Build evidence-based LTPs in hours, not weeks.

Both
Community Needs Assessments

Understand who lives in your area, what pressures they face, and where gaps in services exist — all in one view.

Local councils
Elected Member Briefings

Give councillors and mayors digestible, up-to-date community intelligence before governance meetings.

Both
Election & Civic Intelligence

Track voter turnout, participation trends and LGE 2025 results across all TAs in New Zealand.

Social organisations
Funding Applications

Present robust community needs evidence. Show funders the scale, urgency and demographics of the issue you address.

Both
Community Needs Assessments

Understand who lives in your area, what pressures they face, and where gaps in services exist — all in one view.

Social organisations
Impact & Outcome Reporting

Contextualise your outcomes against population benchmarks. Demonstrate relevance and scale to trustees and funders.

Both
Election & Civic Intelligence

Track voter turnout, participation trends and LGE 2025 results across all TAs in New Zealand.

Data you can cite with confidence

Every dashboard shows its
source and last-updated date.

No guesswork. No stale figures.

Stats NZ / Te Tari TatauEach release cycle

Census, demographic, income, housing, population projections

Ministry of Social DevelopmentQuarterly

Social housing, welfare, deprivation indices, community outcomes

MBIEMonthly / quarterly

Labour market, business demography, rental bonds, building data

Waka Kotahi NZTAQuarterly

Transport volumes, road safety, public transport usage

Ministry of HealthAnnual / quarterly

Health outcomes, mental health, disability, service access

Electoral CommissionPost-election

LGE 2025 results, voter turnout, ward-level returns

TreasuryBudget cycle

Economic indicators, national accounts, fiscal data

MfE / climate dataAnnual

Emissions, energy use, environmental indicators

WHY THIS MATTERS
Source citations included

Every chart references its data source — ready to paste into reports, LTPs and funding applications.

Update notifications

When sources release new data, dashboards update automatically. You always have the latest.

Nationally consistent

The same methodology across all TAs — so every comparison is like with like.

How you buy it

Buy one product, or several.

Every product is its own annual licence, and the Connector also comes monthly. Start with what you need today and add more as your work grows.

Community Pulse Data LakeCommunity Pulse DashboardsCommunity Pulse AIBuild Your Own DashboardSpatial AnalysisCustom Theme Dashboards
Our clients

Trusted across Aotearoa.

25+
government, healthcare, social and private sector organisations served across New Zealand.
Central government
Local government
Healthcare
Social sector
Private sector
Regional council
Waikato Regional Council

Uses Community Pulse’s boundary and geography data — GeoJSON exports and area hierarchies — to map catchments and overlay growth trends across the region.

GeoJSON boundary exports
Nested area hierarchies
Growth trends on catchments

Start with a free data health check.

A free 45-minute session: we map your reporting workload, demo Community Pulse on your own area, and identify the two highest-value dashboards for your LTP cycle.

Free, 45 minutesOn your own areaNo obligation