The Challenge
Social, housing, and health researchers need precise census variables tied to specific locations, but official datasets are often large, heavily coded, and difficult to filter down to just what’s relevant.
- Census exports frequently include hundreds of coded columns irrelevant to a specific research question.
- Isolating neighborhood-level detail versus broader regional trends requires different query approaches.
- Manually decoding column names and codebooks slows down every research cycle.
The Autohive Solution
Autohive agents connect directly to Stats NZ Datafinder, letting researchers specify exactly which fields and locations matter, and returning lean, ready-to-use results.
Key Feature 1
Point-based queries for neighborhood-level analysis, letting researchers pinpoint specific locations rather than working with broad administrative areas.
Key Feature 2
Bounding box searches for broader regional analysis, enabling flexible zoom levels depending on the scope of the research question.
Key Feature 3
Field-specific filtering that returns only the census variables you request, automatically eliminating unnecessary coded columns and reducing post-processing work.
Benefits
- Leaner datasets - Receive only the variables relevant to your research question, not the entire census schema.
- Flexible geographic scope - Move between point-level and regional queries depending on your study design.
- Reduced processing time - Spend less time cleaning and decoding data, more time analyzing patterns.
How It Works
- Specify your criteria - Define the location (point or bounding box) and the specific census attributes you need.
- Query the layer - The agent retrieves matching records directly from Stats NZ Datafinder.
- Receive filtered results - Get a lean dataset with only the requested fields, ready for analysis.
Getting Started
- Sign up at app.autohive.com
- Connect the Stats NZ Datafinder integration from the marketplace
- Configure your automation with your research location and variables
- Deploy your agents
