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OrbViz Blog Posts

It's clear why people lose faith in governments

24th March 2025

From contradictory messaging to data that’s as clear as mud, Vanessa explores why the political swamp keeps getting murkier—and, more importantly, what can actually be done to drain it properly.

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Shaping the Future of Water: Empowering Councils to Lead Local Water Reform 

29th November 2024

The Local Government Act 2024 marks a generational shift in how New Zealand councils manage their water infrastructure. The September 2025 deadline is fast approaching and crafting a 30-year vision requires urgency and precision.

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The Science Behind the Bubbles

29th May 2024

The concept of thousands of lines of capital and operational expenditure displayed as colourful, interactive bubbles may seem trite.

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Increasing Stakeholder Engagement with Bubbles

17th October 2023

Let’s call a spade a spade. Reading long government reports is a little bit like watching paint dry: slow, frustrating and not as colourful.

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Obligation meets innovation: Get your sustainability reports out of the too-hard-basket

7th August 2023

Governments around the world are making sustainability reporting mandatory.

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Brexit and Beyond: The Importance of Understanding Government Spending

17th June 2023

The seismic events following the Brexit referendum in 2016 offered a striking lesson about the significance of informed decision-making in democratic processes.

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Simplifying Government Spending: The Orbviz Interactive Experience

12th June 2023

If your eyes glaze over when someone says, “Government Budgets,” you’re amongst friends

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Decoding the New Zealand Budget 2023/24: Getting started

4th June 2023

Government budgets are like the strategic heartbeat of a nation.

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Paradigm shift? Nah, I'm too busy

23rd November 2021

Every single major technology shift comes with a side-order of pain. Or, more accurately, the anticipation of pain.

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Why PDF is dead (boring)

6th October 2021

PDF and the Internet (for public use) were both born in 1993. They’ve grown up to be equally famous, ubiquitous and a millennial cliché: a smidge convinced of their own importance.

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