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OrbViz Blog Posts

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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