Latest entries in our Stat of the Summer competition – add yours!

There’s still time to add your nominations for the Stat of the Summer competition, and here’s the most recent two nominations:

Outrageous Stat of the Summer?

John Small critiques the following figures:

“the $1.35 billion Ultrafast Broadband (UFB) and $300 million Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) will add $5 billion to GDP over their 20-year life time”

Students flee NZ over job fears?

Mark Wilson says the NZ Herald’s headline is misleading and the article lacks context. Thomas Lumley has subsequently blogged about this.