The ten reports
Pick a report to see
what’s inside.
Every report runs the same checks as a quick question — then lays the answer out the way your audience needs it.
Regional Profile
Jobs, the economy, road safety and crime for one place, in one document.
WHAT’S INSIDE
Jobs, and the industries that employ the most people
The size of the economy (GDP) and how it’s moving
Road crashes on the network
Recorded crime
A sources page — every dataset, unit and period
TRY ASKING
“Build a Regional Profile for Hamilton City.”
GOOD FOR
CouncilsEconomic developmentFunding applications
Economy Snapshot
Jobs and GDP together, and a plain read on where the two don’t agree.
WHAT’S INSIDE
Jobs and GDP, side by side
Where the two don’t agree, in plain words
How each has moved over the available periods
Sources and caveats
TRY ASKING
“Give me an Economy Snapshot for Tauranga City.”
GOOD FOR
Economic developmentBusinessesCouncils
Safety Snapshot
Crime and road crashes side by side — counts only, never a rate that isn’t there.
WHAT’S INSIDE
Recorded crime (victimisations)
Road crashes on the network
Counts only — no rate the data doesn’t publish
Sources and periods
TRY ASKING
“Run a Safety Snapshot for our district.”
GOOD FOR
CouncilsCommunity organisationsMedia
Industry Deep Dive
How one industry is really doing in your area — its size, its rank, its trend.
WHAT’S INSIDE
Size — how many people it employs
Rank against the area’s other industries
Trend over time
How it compares with the wider region
TRY ASKING
“Do an Industry Deep Dive on manufacturing in the Waikato region.”
GOOD FOR
Economic developmentBusinessesConsultants
Compare Areas
Two places, properly compared — checked first that you’re comparing like with like.
WHAT’S INSIDE
A like-for-like check first: same level, same period
The figures side by side
The differences, in plain words
Anything that makes the comparison unsafe, said out loud
TRY ASKING
“Compare jobs and GDP between Tauranga and Hamilton.”
GOOD FOR
CouncilsResearchersBusinesses
Trend Report
How something has changed over time, with the messy bits already handled.
WHAT’S INSIDE
How the measure has moved over time
Breaks in a series and partial years, handled and flagged
A plain-English summary of the shape
A chart, with its source
TRY ASKING
“Show me a Trend Report on road crashes in our district.”
GOOD FOR
ResearchersPolicy makersMedia
Policy Brief
A leadership-ready briefing. It asks who it’s for and what scope before it writes a word.
WHAT’S INSIDE
Who it’s for, and the scope — asked first
The key evidence, each figure with its receipt
What the data does not say
Sources
TRY ASKING
“Write a Policy Brief on jobs in our district for elected members.”
GOOD FOR
CouncilsPolicy makersHealthcare
Explain Why
Digs into a change your team has spotted, separating what the data confirms from what’s a guess.
WHAT’S INSIDE
The change your team spotted, restated
What the data confirms
What’s a guess — kept separate
The next questions worth asking
TRY ASKING
“Explain why recorded crime changed in our district.”
GOOD FOR
CouncilsCommunity organisationsResearchers
Infographic
One shareable page built from real numbers — for a newsletter or a decision-maker’s inbox.
WHAT’S INSIDE
Three to five headline figures
A simple visual for each
Plain-English captions
A sources footer
TRY ASKING
“Make an Infographic of our district’s economy.”
GOOD FOR
Community organisationsMediaCouncils
What Can I Ask
New to this? A guided tour of what the data covers — and what it plainly doesn’t.
WHAT’S INSIDE
What’s on your plan right now
The themes and datasets you can reach
What it plainly doesn’t cover
Good first questions
TRY ASKING
“What can I ask?”
GOOD FOR
Everyone, first
What you can generate
Ask for the output.
Get the right report.
No dashboards, no spreadsheets, no browsing — just a plain question and a real answer.
01A full regional profileRegional Profile
02An economy snapshot or safety snapshotEconomy Snapshot · Safety Snapshot
03An industry deep diveIndustry Deep Dive
04A side-by-side comparison of two placesCompare Areas
05A trend reportTrend Report
06A council-ready policy briefPolicy Brief
07A “why did this happen” investigationExplain Why
08A shareable visual summary (infographic)Infographic
Built the careful way
The same checks,
every report.
Like with like, checked first
Before two places are compared, it checks they’re the same kind of area and the same period.
Counts, not invented rates
If a dataset publishes counts, you get counts — never a per-person rate the data doesn’t support.
Scope before substance
A Policy Brief asks who it’s for and what it should cover before it writes a word.
Confirmed vs guessed
Explain Why keeps what the data confirms separate from what’s a reasonable guess.
How to run one
Four steps from the
+ menu to a draft.
1
Open the + menu
In a Claude conversation with Community Pulse switched on, open the + menu.
2
Pick a report
Choose one of the ten — start with What Can I Ask if you’re new.
3
Answer its questions
Some reports ask about scope or audience first. That’s the careful part.
4
Get the draft
A structured draft with every figure sourced — ready to turn into Word or PowerPoint.
COMMUNITY PULSE
Regional Profile
Economy Snapshot
Compare Areas
What Can I Ask
It lives in Claude’s + menu
No new tool to learn. The reports sit next to your conversation, and the answer comes back into it. Menu shown is illustrative.