This week in numbers

179

years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, marked with celebrations at the Treaty Grounds.

800

-year-old route in the Portage Crossing. Waka ama paddlers will walk their craft across 5km of the Auckland isthmus in the middle section of the race today.

180

grams. The new size of Cadbury Dairy Milk, down from 200g, after the company decided to reduce the size of the chocolate block but keep the price the same.

1.2

billion dollar rise in the combined wealth of the nation’s 75 iwi groups brings it to almost $9 billion.

4

young shore plover, one of the world’s rarest shore birds, were released on Motutapu Island after a successful breeding programme produced an abundance of chicks.

100

months in a row of adding jobs to the market in the United States, a triumph for President Donald Trump.