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Find Stories in NZX Data

Political connections, insider trading patterns, executive pay analysis, director networks, broker consensus, property portfolios, court litigation, councillor interests, and AI-powered search across 64,000+ NZX filings. Data tools for investigative journalism and academic research.

130

NZX Companies

2,278

Directors

65K

Announcements

3,796

Sentiment Scored

60

MP–Company Links

1,005

Party Donations

615

Property Assets

7.8K

Councillor Interests

New Feature

Political Connections Intelligence

NZXplorer cross-references the NZ Parliamentary Register of Interests and Electoral Commission party donation records with NZX-listed companies and directors. See which companies host MPs, which directors donate to political parties, and where corporate and political worlds overlap.

Company Governance View

Political ConnectionsCompany Governance Tab

MP Interests Mentioning This Company

Gifts & Hospitalityfrom 12 MPs
Shareholdingsfrom 3 MPs
Travelfrom 5 MPs

Party Donations by Directors

Director Namedonated toParty Name($X,XXX)

Individual Profile View

Director Profile — Cross-Platform TabPeople Profile

Political Donations

Total donated$X,XXX
PartiesParty Name
Years active2019 — 2024
Also serves on the board ofNZX Company

60

MP interest entities linked to NZX issuers

1,005

party donation records (2019-2024)

5

NZX directors identified as political donors

How Researchers Use NZXplorer

Structured data and analytical tools for investigative journalism, academic research, and governance analysis.

Media Story Finder — AI-detected story leads

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Automated story lead generation from cross-signal analysis. Surfaces insider trading before earnings misses, overboarded directors, political interest conflicts, pay-for-failure patterns, governance deterioration, dividend cuts after optimistic guidance, and more. Each lead includes data evidence, severity rating, and links to explore further. Updated daily. Free for verified media accounts.

Story Finder (Media Login)

Trace political connections to NZX companies

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Cross-reference MP interests, gifts, and hospitality with NZX-listed companies. See which companies appear in MP interest registers, which directors donate to political parties, and which companies provide gifts to parliamentarians. Data from the NZ Parliamentary Register of Interests and Electoral Commission.

Political Connections

Semantic search across 64,000+ filings

AI-powered search with smart synonyms (131 canonical NZ financial terms, 600+ synonyms). Find concepts, not just keywords. Search by meaning across every NZX announcement since 2000. Filing Auto-Summaries provide AI-generated plain-English digests so you can scan announcements without reading full PDFs.

Search Filings

Detect insider trading anomalies

16 anomaly detection algorithms flag unusual patterns: insider trade clusters, first-time risk language in filings, governance score drops, technical breakouts, sentiment-market disagreements, and buried risks in positive announcements.

Anomaly Detection

Analyse announcement sentiment trends

Claude AI scores announcement sentiment (optimistic, cautious, defensive, mixed, neutral) with hedging language detection. Track tone shifts over time by company or sector.

Sentiment Analysis

Map director networks and cross-directorships

Interactive network graph with two modes: Directors & Companies (bipartite) and People Network (person-to-person connections via shared board seats). Node size/colour reflects connection density. "Most Connected People" sidebar reveals NZX power clusters and over-boarded directors.

Director Network

Map NZX supply chains and business relationships

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4,046 classified business relationships across the NZX — suppliers, customers, partners, competitors, joint ventures, advisors, and acquirers. Extracted from 62,000+ announcements and classified by AI. See who depends on whom, single-customer risk, and competitive dynamics.

Supply Chain Map

Track insider share transactions

Every director share transaction on the NZX — buys, sells, and derivative exercises. The Whale Tracker highlights large transactions and cluster activity. Filter by insider, company, or transaction type.

Whale Tracker

Investigate executive pay vs performance

CEO and executive compensation data for 114 NZX issuers. Compare pay packages against shareholder returns. Board fees, base salary, STI, LTI, and total remuneration — all normalised.

Executive Pay Analysis

Spot corporate risk intelligence signals

Regulatory enforcement actions, court litigation, prohibited directors, auditor red flags, professional disciplinary records, offshore entity exposure, and parliamentary select committee activity — all cross-referenced to NZX issuers.

Risk Intelligence

Analyse macro exposure across NZX sectors

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RBNZ OCR history (1999-present), GDP, CPI, unemployment, and NZD/USD mapped to NZX sector sensitivity. The Economic Calendar tracks upcoming RBNZ decisions, GDP releases, CPI data, and employment reports. See which sectors and companies are most exposed to rate changes, FX moves, and economic cycles. OCR overlay on stock charts shows cut/hike impact.

Macro Dashboard

Trace beneficial ownership through nominee structures

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See through custodian nominees (HSBC, BNP Paribas, Citibank) to identify the actual fund managers behind NZX shareholdings. 56 fund managers mapped, 9,700+ substantial holder notices classified, voting record cross-references for NZ Super Fund and other institutional investors.

Fund Manager Directory

Track company fundamentals visually

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Interactive TradingView charts overlay share price with fundamental metrics and macro indicators on every company page. Investment Checks run 16 pass/fail fundamental checks for quick assessment. The Portfolio Snowflake scores companies across 5 axes (Value, Growth, Health, Governance, Dividends) for at-a-glance comparison.

Company Profiles

Set keyword alerts across all filings

Create keyword alerts for terms like "going concern", "related party", "CEO resignation". Scanned every 30 minutes across all NZX announcements. Email notifications with context snippets and matched keywords. Daily morning brief digest at 7am NZT.

Set Up Alerts

Access broker coverage and analyst consensus

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18 brokers, 35 stocks with analyst consensus data. Target prices, buy/hold/sell ratings, research notes, and analyst scoring. Track who covers what, and how accurate their calls have been over time.

Broker Coverage

Extract earnings themes and management tone

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990 earnings results themed by AI — key topics, management tone (optimistic, cautious, defensive), and forward-looking language counts. Topic cloud, tone distribution by sector, and tone shift tracking over time.

Earnings Themes

Track guidance accuracy and management credibility

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Did management hit their own targets? 938 structured guidance figures extracted, 176 accuracy scores computed. Management credibility score (0-100) combines guidance accuracy, tone consistency, insider alignment, and transparency. Earnings surprise predictor flags likely beats and misses before results. First NZ platform to track whether CEOs deliver on promises.

Earnings Surprise Predictor

Access ESG data and climate standards compliance

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1,285 ESG records across emissions (Scope 1/2), workforce diversity, and workplace safety (TRIFR/LTIFR). Climate Standards Gap Analysis shows which NZX companies comply with XRB climate reporting standards.

ESG & Climate Data

Search court litigation and regulatory enforcement

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Court cases, regulatory enforcement actions (FMA, ComCom, MBIE), auditor red flags (221 of 2,315 audit reports flagged), professional disciplinary records, and prohibited directors — all cross-referenced to NZX issuers and directors.

Court & Regulatory Database

Investigate councillor pecuniary interests

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7,805 councillor interest declarations across 57 NZ councils (73% coverage). Cross-referenced with NZX-listed companies. Christchurch has 11 years of historical data (2015-2025). See where local government and corporate interests intersect.

Councillor Interests

Backtest investment strategies with real data

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Strategy backtester with 40+ fundamental metrics, annual rebalancing, total return mode (dividend-adjusted), and 3 weighting methods. Sharpe ratio, Sortino ratio, max drawdown, and win rate. FNZ ETF benchmark included.

Strategy Backtester

Map NZX property portfolios with climate risk overlay

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615 property assets across 10 NZX property companies, geocoded to 98.6% accuracy. Interactive map with seismic, flood, liquefaction, and coastal erosion risk overlays. Tenant exposure, WALE distribution, and revaluation tracking.

Property Intelligence

Score investor relations transparency

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IR Quality Scores for 131 NZX issuers across 5 dimensions (20 points each = 100 total). Based on OECD, CFA, S&P, NIRI, and Loughran-McDonald frameworks. Rank companies by disclosure quality and track transparency trajectories.

IR Quality Scores

Track risk language in NZX filings

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Scan NZX announcements for risk keywords — going concern, litigation, impairment, material uncertainty, covenant breach. Track how risk language frequency changes over time by company or sector. Surface filings where risk language appears for the first time.

Risk Language Tracker

Correlate insider trades with announcement tone

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Cross-reference insider trading activity with announcement sentiment scores. Spot patterns where directors trade ahead of tone shifts, or where buying/selling activity diverges from the prevailing sentiment of company filings.

Insider–Tone Correlation

Monitor NZ financial news sentiment

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Aggregated NZ financial news from major outlets with AI sentiment scoring. Track media tone trends by company and sector. Compare news sentiment against announcement sentiment and market price movements.

News Sentiment

Research Toolkit

Sixteen tools for finding stories and patterns in NZX data.

Semantic Search

AI search with smart synonyms across 64K+ announcements. Keyword, semantic, and hybrid modes.

Free

Political Connections

MP interests, party donations, and corporate hospitality cross-referenced with NZX companies and directors.

Free

Select Committee Intelligence

10,560 select committee reports and corporate bill submissions from NZ Parliament (1990–present), matched to NZX companies.

Free

AI Research Copilot

100 specialist tools. Ask about any company, director, or market pattern in plain language.

Free (limited)

NZX Insights Hub

98 analytical reports across governance, directors, ESG, remuneration, risk, and market intelligence.

Free

Bulk Data Downloads

13 datasets as CSV/JSON. Companies, directors, financials, insider trades, dividends, governance scores.

Enterprise

REST API

95+ endpoints. JSON responses. Build your own analysis tools on top of structured NZX data. Includes filing auto-summaries for AI-generated plain-English announcement digests.

Enterprise

Macro Dashboard

RBNZ OCR history, GDP, CPI, unemployment, NZD/USD. Sector sensitivity scoring and per-company macro exposure analysis.

Free

Keyword Alerts & Morning Brief

Automated keyword scanning every 30 minutes across all NZX announcements. Daily 7am email digest with news media mentions, sentiment scores, announcements, insider trades, and price moves for watchlist companies.

Free

Analyst Notes & Custom Dashboards

Save research notes on companies, directors, and sectors. Build custom monitoring dashboards with 11 widget types. Team sharing on Enterprise.

Pro

Broker Coverage Intelligence

18 brokers, analyst ratings, consensus targets, research notes. Track coverage changes and analyst accuracy over time.

Free

Earnings Intelligence

Earnings themes, management tone analysis, guidance accuracy tracking, and credibility scoring across 990 themed results.

Free

Property Intelligence

615 geocoded property assets across 10 NZX REITs. Interactive maps, tenant exposure, WALE distribution, and climate risk overlay.

Free

IR Quality Score

Transparency ranking for 131 NZX issuers. 5-dimension scoring based on OECD, CFA, S&P, and NIRI frameworks.

Free

Climate Gap Analysis

XRB climate reporting compliance checker. ESG emissions, diversity, and safety data across 1,285 records.

Free

Court & Regulatory Database

Court litigation, regulatory enforcement, auditor red flags, professional disciplinary records — cross-referenced to NZX issuers.

Free

Risk Language Tracker

Risk keyword scanning across NZX announcements — going concern, litigation, impairment, material uncertainty. Frequency trends by company and sector.

Free

Insider–Tone Correlation

Cross-reference insider trading activity with announcement sentiment. Detect divergences between director trades and filing tone.

Free

News Sentiment Monitor

NZ financial news aggregation with AI sentiment scoring. Media tone trends by company, sector, and over time.

Free

Data Sources & Methodology

NZX filings & announcements

64,000+ announcements since 2000, scraped and structured from NZX company pages. Annual reports, earnings, governance notices, insider trade disclosures.

Parliamentary Register of Interests

MP interests parsed and cross-matched to NZX-listed entities. Gifts, hospitality, travel, shareholdings, and directorships.

Electoral Commission donations

1,000+ party donation records (2019-2024, $51M total). 8 parties. Cross-referenced against NZX directors and companies.

Open & transparent methodology

All scoring methodologies are fully disclosed. GRS governance scores, IR quality scores, sentiment analysis, and anomaly detection algorithms are documented.

Data that exists nowhere else

7,805 councillor interest declarations (57 councils), 3,760 director skills, 615 geocoded property assets, 990 AI-themed earnings results, 131 IR quality scores, political connections cross-linked to NZX, beneficial ownership mapped through nominees, 2,600+ people linked across NZX, charities, iwi, and public sector.

Free Access for Journalists & Researchers

Most research tools are available on our Free tier — including political connections, semantic search, sentiment analysis, insights hub, and the AI Copilot. Bulk data downloads and API access available on Enterprise.

Political ConnectionsSemantic Search98 Insight ReportsAI CopilotDirector ProfilesInsider TradesSentiment AnalysisAnomaly DetectionKeyword Alerts & Morning BriefBroker CoverageEarnings ThemesProperty IntelligenceIR Quality ScoresStrategy BacktesterCouncillor InterestsRisk Language TrackerInsider–Tone CorrelationNews Sentiment

NZX Insights Hub

98 analytical reports across governance, directors, ESG, risk, and market intelligence

Data sourced from publicly available records. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@nzxplorer.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice.