Counting the Beat
Counting the Beat: Season 1

Air Date

October 8, 2025

Episodes

4 episodes

Counting the Beat

Season 1

Episodes

Money

1. Money

October 8, 2025
44 min

Tāmati Rimene-Sproat dives into the data on our cost-of-living crisis—he meets a self-made one-percenter, does a family shop on $50 and finds we spend more on gambling than Xmas presents.

Love and Family

2. Love and Family

October 15, 2025
44 min

Tāmati Rimene-Sproat explores the data on how love and whānau are being redefined in Aotearoa, from dating apps to divorce coaches, IVF to the increase in child-free living.

Community

3. Community

October 22, 2025
44 min

Tāmati Rimene-Sproat uses data to discover what community means in Aotearoa today, visits the safest town, hangs out with our biggest YouTuber and discovers our new favourite sport.

Health

4. Health

October 29, 2025
44 min

Tāmati Rimene-Sproat explores the data on choices shaping Kiwi health, from a world-first wastewater experiment investigating prostate cancer to the shocking data on how sugar is affecting us all.