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Keith Ng
Data journalist, NZ Herald

Data journalist, NZ Herald

We are your advocate, Aotearoa. Uncovering stories that matter, asking hard-hitting questions of those in power, live-blogging sport events, monitoring the highs and lows of the NZX and providing Premium expert opinion and analysis. Bringing you distinctive, quality journalism and breaking news from across New Zealand and around the world. With specialists working together to create indepth reads, engaging video, and unmissable podcasts.

Check out Keith’s latest content
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Fears Inland Revenue laxity has primed 'tsunami' of business failures
Companies

Fears Inland Revenue laxity has primed 'tsunami' of business failures

25 Mar 04:00 PM
Vaccine Tracker: How many Kiwis have been vaccinated?
New Zealand

Vaccine Tracker: How many Kiwis have been vaccinated?

16 Mar 03:10 AM

Track the progress of NZ's Covid-19 vaccination efforts compared with other countries.

Premium
Pandora Papers: Billionaires accused of fraud in Russia used New Zealand trusts to hold assets offshore
Business

Pandora Papers: Billionaires accused of fraud in Russia used New Zealand trusts to hold assets offshore

04 Oct 04:00 PM

The biggest data leak in history exposed the offshore dealings of the rich and powerful.

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Pandora Papers: Moldovan oligarch used NZ trust to hold $180m in assets offshore
Business

Pandora Papers: Moldovan oligarch used NZ trust to hold $180m in assets offshore

03 Oct 04:30 PM

The Herald identified dozens of wealthy foreigners who held assets in NZ foreign trusts.

Have your Facebook details been hacked? Find out here
New Zealand|crime

Have your Facebook details been hacked? Find out here

07 Apr 10:29 PM

Over 67,000 New Zealanders have been caught up in a massive global data hack.

Live: Child poverty slightly decreasing, but impacts not shared equally
Kahu

Live: Child poverty slightly decreasing, but impacts not shared equally

22 Feb 09:49 PM

Māori, Pasifika and households with disabled children lag behind in poverty measures.

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Revealed: The landlords who have restraining orders against them
New Zealand

Revealed: The landlords who have restraining orders against them

16 Jan 04:00 PM

The Herald found just 14 landlords have been given the toughest sanction in 10 years.

Interactive: Special votes are in - see what Parliament looks like now
New Zealand|politics

Interactive: Special votes are in - see what Parliament looks like now

06 Nov 01:00 AM

Special votes have been counted - what will parliament look like?

How NZ's new Parliament looks - full party, electorate vote data
New Zealand|politics

How NZ's new Parliament looks - full party, electorate vote data

18 Oct 09:22 PM

How is the next government going to look? Check results for each electorate and the nation

Are you really voting for the party best for you? Test your vote with our policy interactive
New Zealand|politics

Are you really voting for the party best for you? Test your vote with our policy interactive

14 Oct 06:14 PM

Use our interactive tool to check the policies you support match where your vote will go.

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Covid-19 coronavirus: Data shows level 3 holding firm in Auckland
New Zealand

Covid-19 coronavirus: Data shows level 3 holding firm in Auckland

27 Aug 09:46 PM

Level 3 is holding firm in Auckland, according to new cell tower data

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The $12b question: Who got the wage subsidy?
Business

The $12b question: Who got the wage subsidy?

12 Jun 05:00 PM

Herald investigation looks at where $12 billion subsidy went.

Interactive: See how Budget 2020 shatters previous forecasts
Politics

Interactive: See how Budget 2020 shatters previous forecasts

14 May 04:00 PM

See how Budget 2020 shatters the forecasts of the previous budgets.

Interactive: Explore the new spending in Budget 2020
New Zealand|politics

Interactive: Explore the new spending in Budget 2020

14 May 02:00 AM

Explore Budget 2020 for yourself with our interactive data visualisation.

Next-level interactive: The cellphone data that reveals our lockdown movements
New Zealand

Next-level interactive: The cellphone data that reveals our lockdown movements

07 May 05:00 PM

Interactive tool showing the movement of people across the country as we exit lockdown.

Interactive: Building boom in NZ - where is it happening?
Construction

Interactive: Building boom in NZ - where is it happening?

14 Jan 04:46 AM

New building consents reached a 45-year peak last year. Where were they being built?

Revealed: NZ's most injury-prone road users
New Zealand

Revealed: NZ's most injury-prone road users

07 Jan 01:15 AM

How do Kiwis injure themselves? We look at 30 years of hospital data to find out.

Interactive: Do Kiwis choose to live in racially diverse neighbourhoods?
Business

Interactive: Do Kiwis choose to live in racially diverse neighbourhoods?

06 Nov 07:39 AM

Kiwis see themselves as welcoming diversity, but what does it look like in practice?

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Hong Kong protests: Black ops, violence - and singing your own song
World

Hong Kong protests: Black ops, violence - and singing your own song

22 Sep 07:00 PM

New anthem brings protesters together; pro-government black ops on the rise

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Best of 2019: Property speculators made $1000 a day during boom
Investment

Best of 2019: Property speculators made $1000 a day during boom

13 Sep 09:45 PM

They were some of the bogeymen of the boom years. But what did house flippers really do?

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Flipping hell! Property profits of $1k a day
Investment

Flipping hell! Property profits of $1k a day

13 Sep 07:30 PM

The busiest operators flipped more than 10 homes each, every year of the boom.

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Keith Ng in Hong Kong: Police losing control of protests
World

Keith Ng in Hong Kong: Police losing control of protests

08 Sep 09:37 PM

Hong Kong Police lose control as public anger mounts

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Sandwiches and barricades: Herald journalist reports from Hong Kong protests
New Zealand

Sandwiches and barricades: Herald journalist reports from Hong Kong protests

03 Sep 03:00 AM

Protest in Hong Kong hit turning point as government tries to contain leaderless movement.

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Interactive: Auckland rentals more expensive in South and North, cheaper in East
Property

Interactive: Auckland rentals more expensive in South and North, cheaper in East

16 Aug 03:00 AM

New rentals are more expensive in South Auckland and the North Shore.

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Interactive: Watch the three critical minutes in NZSAS Afghanistan raid
New Zealand

Interactive: Watch the three critical minutes in NZSAS Afghanistan raid

02 Jul 02:27 AM

New US info sheds lights into critical minutes of Operation Burnham.

Data journalist: The time I hacked WINZ
Opinion

Data journalist: The time I hacked WINZ

31 May 08:32 PM

WINZ kiosk hacker Keith Ng explains what hacking is - and it includes the Budget hack.

Dragons and Dictatorships: A political scientist explains Game of Thrones
Entertainment

Dragons and Dictatorships: A political scientist explains Game of Thrones

22 May 03:06 AM

Interview with Xavier Marquez on dictatorships and legitimacy in Game of Thrones.

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Why what you think is true is false
Lifestyle

Why what you think is true is false

17 May 08:00 PM

Interview with Factfulness co-author Anna Rosling Ronnlund, on why we get it wrong

Kiwis facing US pro-gun social media harassment
New Zealand

Kiwis facing US pro-gun social media harassment

28 Mar 03:31 AM

NZ social media has been inundated by US pro-gun tweets since the Christchurch attacks.

Explore: How much tax do property investors really pay?
Business

Explore: How much tax do property investors really pay?

07 Mar 06:45 AM

Landlords claim they already pay their fair share of tax, but how much do they really pay?

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