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We calculate an experience's ranking score using a multi-factor data model instead of a raw data average (mean). This model takes into account several important questions. For instance - is there a trusted body of reviews? What is the age of a review and is the review from a credible source?
Below you'll find details around some of the important factors that went into calculating the ranking score for Punakaiki Beach Camp.
If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz. We don't believe this is perfect or complete so we're always interested in ways we might make improvements.
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Punakaiki Beach Camp
Valid Reviews
185 Valid Reviews
The Punakaiki Beach Camp experience has a total of 186 reviews. There are 185 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 1 invalid review that are excluded from the calculation. Reviews can be excluded only when a reviewer is not verified or after an investigation by our team determines the reviewer is not genuine.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 185 valid reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 39 |
|
21% |
| 9/10 | 45 |
|
24% |
| 8/10 | 65 |
|
35% |
| 7/10 | 13 |
|
7% |
| 6/10 | 13 |
|
7% |
| 5/10 | 4 |
|
2% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
1% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 3 |
|
2% |
82.05% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Punakaiki Beach Camp valid reviews is 82.05% and is based on 185 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.
Face-to-Face Reviews
71 Face-to-Face Reviews
The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.
More about face-to-face reviews
Within the 185 valid reviews, the experience has 71 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.
Below is the distribution of ratings for the 71 face-to-face reviews:
| Rating | Count | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/10 | 19 |
|
27% |
| 9/10 | 19 |
|
27% |
| 8/10 | 19 |
|
27% |
| 7/10 | 5 |
|
7% |
| 6/10 | 4 |
|
6% |
| 5/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 4/10 | 2 |
|
3% |
| 3/10 | 1 |
|
1% |
| 2/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
| 1/10 | 0 |
|
0% |
83.52% Average
The raw data average (mean) for all the Punakaiki Beach Camp face-to-face reviews is 83.52% and is based on 71 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.
Weighted Average
82.60%
Rankers calculates a weighted mean as a base average on which we can improve. Individual review's ratings are given a weight based on several factors. The weight of a review determines the overall impact it'll have on the final weighted average.
Recent reviews have more weight as they are more relevant and reflect the experience as it currently operates. Over time reviews become less relevant and loose their impact on the ranking score.
Low rating reviews carry slightly less weight. This dampens the effect of very low ratings for every experience across the board. This is especially important when the experience has few reviews overall and a single negative rating can grossly mischaracterise an experience. Consistent poor reviews will still result in the experience receiving a comparitively low ranking score.
Credible sources provide reviews that can be trusted. If we have verified a reviewer is genuine via a face-to-face meeting then the review carries additional weight.
| Reviewer | Rating | Age | Relative Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blu Ice | 8/10 | 62 days | 98% |
| Shaun | 10/10 | 62 days | 100% |
| Laura | 10/10 | 62 days | 100% |
| Lisa B | 5/10 | 124 days | 76% |
| Mike Fricker | 8/10 | 368 days | 91% |
| Tal Tal | 6/10 | 428 days | 77% |
| Wil | 8/10 | 490 days | 85% |
| Melli Schmid | 1/10 | 490 days | 35% |
| Larissa | 10/10 | 520 days | 85% |
| Johanna Kuehl | 9/10 | 581 days | 80% |
| Donna Harbidge | 9/10 | 581 days | 80% |
| Niall Hamilton | 10/10 | 704 days | 72% |
| Katie Edser | 8/10 | 765 days | 65% |
| Family of four | 9/10 | 765 days | 66% |
| E&P | 8/10 | 793 days | 63% |
| RR | 8/10 | 855 days | 57% |
| Oonagh | 8/10 | 1189 days | 27% |
| Kate | 6/10 | 1220 days | 22% |
| Gary Clarkson | 8/10 | 1523 days | 10% |
| Emma | 8/10 | 1523 days | 10% |
| Beth | 10/10 | 1523 days | 10% |
| Dan | 8/10 | 1615 days | 7% |
| Gemma | 10/10 | 1646 days | 7% |
| Ying | 9/10 | 1646 days | 7% |
| Felipe | 10/10 | 1768 days | 5% |
| Pateke | 10/10 | 1920 days | 5% |
| Sarah and Pete | 8/10 | 1920 days | 5% |
| Blu Ice | 9/10 | 1951 days | 5% |
| Mrs Lounis | 9/10 | 1951 days | 5% |
| Lukas | 8/10 | 1951 days | 5% |
| Fred | 10/10 | 1981 days | 5% |
| Lia | 8/10 | 2042 days | 4% |
| Cass | 8/10 | 2042 days | 4% |
| ScoutnIndi | 8/10 | 2134 days | 4% |
| Klaus | 8/10 | 2195 days | 4% |
| Luci | 9/10 | 2254 days | 4% |
| Francois & Caroline | 8/10 | 2285 days | 4% |
| Heather Abbott | 8/10 | 2285 days | 4% |
| Marilli | 10/10 | 2316 days | 4% |
| Rick | 7/10 | 2316 days | 4% |
| Juraj | 10/10 | 2316 days | 4% |
| Katey | 8/10 | 2316 days | 4% |
| ian kennedy | 8/10 | 2346 days | 4% |
| CJC | 10/10 | 2346 days | 4% |
| Vincent | 8/10 | 2346 days | 4% |
| Libby | 8/10 | 2377 days | 4% |
| Milo Sumner | 5/10 | 2560 days | 3% |
| Matthew Dercole | 8/10 | 2564 days | 3% |
| Veronica Marcano | 9/10 | 2584 days | 3% |
| Chris & Peg | 8/10 | 2591 days | 3% |
| Christian Oerlemans | 6/10 | 2596 days | 3% |
| Edward Cromwell | 7/10 | 2613 days | 3% |
| Gillian Press | 6/10 | 2640 days | 3% |
| Edwin Bos | 8/10 | 2691 days | 3% |
| CARMERS | 6/10 | 2772 days | 3% |
| Wen Xin Tan | 9/10 | 2792 days | 3% |
| Jason | 10/10 | 2819 days | 3% |
| Fifi and Jay | 8/10 | 2869 days | 3% |
| Roger | 9/10 | 2911 days | 3% |
| Grace White | 9/10 | 2912 days | 3% |
| Nienke Best | 8/10 | 2923 days | 3% |
| Julia Kurtz | 8/10 | 2927 days | 3% |
| Jack Clise | 9/10 | 2929 days | 3% |
| Marc Lambert | 9/10 | 2931 days | 3% |
| Van Bagley | 10/10 | 2954 days | 2% |
| Catherine Kay | 9/10 | 2999 days | 3% |
| Ina and Max | 7/10 | 3028 days | 2% |
| S Webb | 10/10 | 3076 days | 2% |
| Shelly Stanchuk | 9/10 | 3076 days | 2% |
| Aidan Byrne | 9/10 | 3124 days | 2% |
| Kim Donze | 8/10 | 3149 days | 2% |
| Pamela Hoffman | 7/10 | 3262 days | 2% |
| Howard Kestrel | 7/10 | 3301 days | 2% |
| Rachel Denham | 8/10 | 3316 days | 2% |
| Ann-Catherine Deblon | 8/10 | 3323 days | 2% |
| Rachel Macdonald | 8/10 | 3378 days | 2% |
| Richard Kirby | 9/10 | 3412 days | 2% |
| Wout van Dijk | 8/10 | 3418 days | 2% |
| Janelle Sterling | 10/10 | 3447 days | 2% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 3503 days | 2% |
| Yvonne Wu | 8/10 | 3626 days | 1% |
| Steffen Paul | 6/10 | 3636 days | 1% |
| Alistair Millward | 7/10 | 3683 days | 1% |
| Larry Dashiell | 9/10 | 3687 days | 1% |
| Kris Marinomunn | 9/10 | 3698 days | 1% |
| Sebastiaan Kemperman | 9/10 | 3701 days | 1% |
| Melvin Spear | 8/10 | 3706 days | 1% |
| Florian Kleemann | 8/10 | 3707 days | 1% |
| Wilma Senior | 9/10 | 3715 days | 1% |
| Robert Warner | 8/10 | 3746 days | 1% |
| Stefanie Vogt | 10/10 | 3746 days | 1% |
| Lisa Quayle | 8/10 | 3764 days | 1% |
| Hol. M. | 8/10 | 3777 days | 1% |
| bzh974 | 9/10 | 3777 days | 1% |
| Jay | 9/10 | 3791 days | 1% |
| Kane F | 8/10 | 3838 days | 1% |
| Claudia | 10/10 | 3868 days | 1% |
| Brita Topp | 10/10 | 4021 days | 1% |
| Philip Schumann | 10/10 | 4048 days | 0% |
| SC W | 8/10 | 4052 days | 0% |
| David Spindler | 7/10 | 4052 days | 0% |
| Laura Metz | 9/10 | 4065 days | 0% |
| Hubertus Thost | 10/10 | 4065 days | 0% |
| G Ballard | 6/10 | 4078 days | 0% |
| Jason MacLeod | 10/10 | 4080 days | 0% |
| Andrew Young | 7/10 | 4080 days | 0% |
| Walter Neff | 8/10 | 4080 days | 0% |
| Julia Kallenbach | 9/10 | 4097 days | 0% |
| Andrew Cattanach | 6/10 | 4111 days | 0% |
| Helene & Peter | 8/10 | 4172 days | 0% |
| Steve Warren | 9/10 | 4203 days | 0% |
| Marina Ryan | 8/10 | 4233 days | 0% |
| Jay Sorrell | 8/10 | 4233 days | 0% |
| Azteca | 6/10 | 4295 days | 0% |
| Maria | 8/10 | 4410 days | 1% |
| Glenn Surzur | 4/10 | 4419 days | 0% |
| Petra Blumberg | 10/10 | 4423 days | 1% |
| Roeland Driessen | 1/10 | 4476 days | 0% |
| Michelle Chambers | 6/10 | 4476 days | 1% |
| Ingrid | 9/10 | 4489 days | 1% |
| Steven Switsers | 8/10 | 4497 days | 1% |
| Tom and Jemima Rawlings | 6/10 | 4498 days | 1% |
| D Pieter | 7/10 | 4505 days | 1% |
| Charliepot | 7/10 | 4507 days | 1% |
| electronmike1970 | 10/10 | 4507 days | 1% |
| MeganG | 8/10 | 4721 days | 1% |
| Jurgen Joyce | 8/10 | 4774 days | 1% |
| M Robinson | 10/10 | 4778 days | 1% |
| suemax | 9/10 | 4782 days | 1% |
| Hans Duerst | 9/10 | 4788 days | 1% |
| Kasten Madsen | 8/10 | 4791 days | 1% |
| Jolene & James | 9/10 | 4792 days | 1% |
| Melanie | 8/10 | 4794 days | 1% |
| Melanie Mathiak | 10/10 | 4794 days | 1% |
| Inge Davbbert | 10/10 | 4794 days | 1% |
| Filsack | 9/10 | 4803 days | 1% |
| Katrin | 10/10 | 4804 days | 1% |
| tiffgeoff | 1/10 | 4811 days | 0% |
| amounstephen | 7/10 | 4811 days | 1% |
| mawueth | 9/10 | 4873 days | 1% |
| Sarah Graham | 8/10 | 4889 days | 1% |
| AJ van Pelt | 10/10 | 5125 days | 1% |
| Jane Cullum | 10/10 | 5129 days | 1% |
| Margit and Corein Groenevelt | 8/10 | 5134 days | 1% |
| Oppenoorth | 9/10 | 5136 days | 1% |
| Bette Eh | 10/10 | 5137 days | 1% |
| Wayne Forrow | 3/10 | 5138 days | 0% |
| K & J Overton | 9/10 | 5142 days | 1% |
| Julia | 9/10 | 5146 days | 1% |
| Simon Vickers | 9/10 | 5147 days | 1% |
| Ini & Cees | 8/10 | 5150 days | 1% |
| Kasten | 10/10 | 5150 days | 1% |
| Grumbach | 10/10 | 5151 days | 1% |
| Eva Bock | 9/10 | 5151 days | 1% |
| Petra Lehmann | 10/10 | 5153 days | 1% |
| Rachel Gerrand | 8/10 | 5153 days | 1% |
| Van den Borne | 8/10 | 5162 days | 1% |
| Mike and Alice Powner | 5/10 | 5167 days | 1% |
| Niels Van Welsenes | 8/10 | 5176 days | 1% |
| Axel Vetter | 8/10 | 5176 days | 1% |
| paulag | 10/10 | 5452 days | 1% |
| Brigitta Reil | 9/10 | 5497 days | 1% |
| Kim Holtz | 8/10 | 5501 days | 1% |
| Benedict Fluthman | 4/10 | 5503 days | 0% |
| Peter G | 7/10 | 5507 days | 1% |
| Chris Helms | 8/10 | 5507 days | 1% |
| Bert Meuleuorijks | 9/10 | 5509 days | 1% |
| Wielink | 9/10 | 5521 days | 1% |
| Ferth | 8/10 | 5527 days | 1% |
| Susan Hitchins | 9/10 | 5537 days | 1% |
| Dick Rosman | 8/10 | 5537 days | 1% |
| Thomas Stopp | 8/10 | 5541 days | 1% |
| Dale W | 7/10 | 5550 days | 1% |
| Yvonne German | 10/10 | 5558 days | 1% |
| mariak | 8/10 | 5589 days | 1% |
| catdonjaime | 6/10 | 5596 days | 1% |
| Evan | 10/10 | 5664 days | 1% |
| tessac | 5/10 | 5728 days | 1% |
| TillE412 | 10/10 | 5832 days | 1% |
| HermannR | 10/10 | 5835 days | 1% |
| UlaR | 9/10 | 5837 days | 1% |
| HerbertH | 9/10 | 5842 days | 1% |
| ginekek | 9/10 | 5847 days | 1% |
| MarkP | 8/10 | 5847 days | 1% |
| Christian Moll | 6/10 | 5863 days | 1% |
Adjustments
Several adjustments to the weighted average are added to improve relevancy and credibility. These adjustments apply equally to all experiences that meet the criteria.
Sample Size Adjustment
No Adjustment
A reasonable number of reviews are necessary in order for the average to be credible and for an experience to take a prime position within the ranking tables. As such, experiences with only a few reviews have a moderated score. This does not mean that the experience or the reviews can't be trusted. The Punakaiki Beach Camp experience has plenty of reviews and does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
Recent Reviews Adjustment
-0.53% Adjustment
There may be an adjustment if this experience hasn't received any reviews within the last 61 days. However the Punakaiki Beach Camp experience does not meet the criteria for any adjustment.
In addition, an experience's ranking score may be adjusted for each day there is no new ranking. After 1 day the adjustment comes into effect. The maximum number of days that can be adjusted for is 200 days. Due to the seasonal nature of many businesses, this adjustment is applied dynamically throughout the year.
The Punakaiki Beach Camp experience has been adjusted for 29 days. Adjustments are according to the following table.
| Days | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| … | … |
| 26 | -0.48% |
| 27 | -0.50% |
| 28 | -0.52% |
| 29 | -0.53% |
| 30 | -0.55% |
| 31 | -0.57% |
| 32 | -0.59% |
| … | … |
Balancing Adjustment
2.46% Adjustment
Every experience's review score is adjusted to balance out the disproportional number of negative reviews that are contributed.
You won't be surprised to learn that disgruntled customers are more likely to leave a review than happy ones. They are motivated to share their experience and warn others. We consider this a good thing and it's why reading the reviews is important. However we've learned it can misrepresent the experience in a more overall sense.
We apply a balancing adjustment to counteract this effect and ensure the ranking score is a more fair representation of the experience. This adjustment is applied equally to all experiences.
Final Ranking Score
85%
The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and rounding has been applied. This value is recalculated each day and a short rolling average is applied. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.