∗ Free tool · Regional spending N°18 — Regional model 2017 data · update planned

Regional Spending Map.

See where spending travels.

Choose one place, one kind of work and one amount. Get a complete, free picture of the economic activity that spending could support — with the limits stated beside the result.

MATATIHI / REGIONAL SPENDING MAP / MODEL 2017.1

Map one spend.

Choose a place, a kind of work and an amount. We will show a careful estimate of where that spending could travel next.

Places: 15 regions
Detail: 106 industries
Cost: Free

Where is the spending?

Choose a region

Tasman and Nelson are combined in this model.

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What kind of work is it?

Choose the closest match

Pick the industry that receives the money, not the industry paying it.

Choose a region first. Industries without a usable regional estimate will be unavailable.

How much is spent?

Amount in 2017 New Zealand dollars

Use the amount paid for goods or services, before GST. Leave out money simply passed on, such as grants or benefit payments. Convert a current-dollar amount with the Reserve Bank inflation calculator. This public map accepts up to $100 million; larger investments need a scale check.

How much of the first payment is made in this region?

Share paid directly to a local business or organisation

Count only the first payment made directly in the selected region. The model estimates later supplier flows and leakage for you, so do not discount for those again. If unsure, “Most” means 75%.

Choose how far to follow the money Core view is the careful starting point

Businesses + suppliersFollows the first spend and the local supply chain.Technical name: Type I Household flow-onAlso follows some spending by workers whose income is supported.Technical name: Type II, including induced effects

The wider view adds another modelled step and therefore more uncertainty. Use it only when the household-spending assumption is useful and clearly disclosed.

I have used a 2017-dollar amount. I understand this is a modelled picture of economic activity and does not prove that the spending caused new jobs or better outcomes.

MATATIHI / REGIONAL SPENDING MAP / MODEL 2017.1

MODELLED FOOTPRINT / BUSINESSES + SUPPLIERS

Auckland / Horticulture and fruit growing

This spending may support

of economic activity across the region.

YOUR REGIONAL SPEND$0

First spend Supplier flow-on Household flow-on

Value created locally $0

The part of activity that becomes wages, profit and other value in the region.

Technical equivalent: GDP / gross value added

Work supported 0.0

An estimate of full-time-equivalent work supported for one year.

Technical equivalent: FTE employment

Household income supported $0

Modelled wages and other household income connected to the activity.

Not a promise of new household income

WHAT YOU CAN SAY

See the economic detail behind this resultMethod terms, breakdown and limits

BoundaryType I

Output factor0.00×

Model basisRegional IO / 2017

Breakdown by modelled step
Measure	First spend	Suppliers	Households	Total
Output
GDP / value added
Employment (FTE)
Household income

Type I includes direct and indirect supplier effects. Type II also includes induced household-spending effects. These are fixed-relationship input-output estimates using the year ended March 2017 regional tables. They do not measure additionality, displacement, causation or social outcomes.

Model source: 15 regional input-output tables, year ended March 2017; 106 industries; Tasman and Nelson combined. Results are indicative and are not official Stats NZ regional input-output statistics.

01What this tells youAnd where it stops

A useful footprint, not a promise

The map shows economic activity associated with a spend: the work first paid for, purchases from suppliers and — if you choose the wider view — some spending by households.

It does not show whether an intervention improved people's lives, caused an outcome, displaced other activity or created enduring social, cultural or environmental value. Employment is work supported by the model, not guaranteed new jobs.

Use it for orientation, early scoping and transparent “what if?” comparisons. If the result must support a funding decision, board paper or public claim, talk with Matatihi about the level of analysis the decision requires.

02For people who want the detailModel basis

Transparent about the model year

The map uses 15 regional input-output tables for the year ended March 2017, covering 106 industries. Tasman and Nelson are combined. The core view is Type I: direct and supply-chain effects. The wider Type II view also includes induced household-spending effects and carries more uncertainty.

New Zealand's latest official detailed national input-output benchmark is March 2020. Matatihi is investigating a recalibrated regional model using that structure and newer industry and regional controls. Until that work is complete, this page states the 2017 basis rather than presenting it as current data.

Price basis: money ratios use the 2017 production structure. Employment coefficients require spending expressed in 2017 dollars. If your amount is from another year, convert it before relying on the employment result.

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A useful footprint, not a promise

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