So how did you do? Were your assumptions in line with the data?

How well did you incorporate the impact of the Global Financial Crisis? It appears to have had a direct impact on household incomes, the unemployment rate, the government's debt, net migration, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Perhaps the most surprising chart is the housing affordability one. The data is from the Massey University Home Affordability Report, and clearly Auckland house prices are not the only factor driving national housing affordability.

These datasets provide a limited snapshot of the most recent Labour and National governments. If you want to explore further or understand the origin of the data the notes below have links to the original datasets.