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Annual Inflation At 4.0 Percent
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand's consumers price index increased 4.0 percent in the 12 months to the March 2024 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The 4.0 percent increase follows a 4.7 percent increase in the 12 months to the December 2023 quarter. ... More >>
Labour Productivity Falls 0.9 Percent
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 11:00 am | Statistics New Zealand
Labour productivity fell 0.9 percent in the year ended March 2023, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The 0.9 percent fall in labour productivity was the largest fall since 2009. It follows a rise of 1.0 percent in the year ended March ... More >>
International Migration: February 2024
Monday, 15 April 2024, 11:41 am | Statistics New Zealand
International migration statistics give the latest outcomes-based measure of migration, which includes estimates of migrants entering or leaving New Zealand. Key facts Annual migration Provisional estimates for the February 2024 year compared with the February ... More >>
Chinese New Year Lifts Visitor Arrivals
Monday, 15 April 2024, 11:12 am | Statistics New Zealand
Chinese New Year boosted the number of visitor arrivals to New Zealand from China in February 2024, according to data released by Stats NZ today. There were 37,900 visitor arrivals from China in February 2024, an increase of 33,700 from February ... More >>
Annual Food Price Inflation Slows To 0.7 Percent
Friday, 12 April 2024, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increased 0.7 percent in the 12 months to March 2024, the smallest increase since April 2021, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The 0.7 percent increase followed a 2.1 percent increase in the 12 months to February 2024, and is ... More >>
Household Saving Remains Positive For Third Consecutive Quarter
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 11:21 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand household saving was $424 million in the December 2023 quarter as household net disposable income exceeded spending for the third consecutive quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. Household net disposable income increased ... More >>
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions Decrease 0.5 Percent In The December 2023 Quarter
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted greenhouse gas emissions for industry and household in New Zealand decreased 0.5 percent in the December 2023 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The decrease of 105 kilotonnes was mainly due to a reduction in ... More >>
New Report Highlights Importance Of Natural Assets And Infrastructure To People And The Economy
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 11:37 am | Statistics New Zealand
Our communities and economies are at risk if we do not protect our natural ecosystems and landscapes. That is a key message of the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) and Stats NZ’s latest, three-yearly update about the state of land in Aotearoa New ... More >>
More Than Half Of Highly Erodible Land Located In The North Island In 2022
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 11:47 am | Statistics New Zealand
Sixty percent of Aotearoa New Zealand’s highly erodible land was in the North Island in 2022, according to data released by Stats NZ today. This is despite the North Island comprising only 43 percent of New Zealand's total land area. “New ... More >>
GDP Decreases 0.1 Percent In The December 2023 Quarter
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.1 percent in the December 2023 quarter, following a 0.3 percent decrease in the September 2023 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. “Wholesale trade was the largest downwards ... More >>
Annual Current Account Deficit $27.8 Billion
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 11:09 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand’s annual current account deficit was $27.8 billion (6.9 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)) in the year ended 31 December 2023, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. The deficit was $5.6 billion narrower than the $33.4 ... More >>
International Migration: January 2024
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 11:07 am | Statistics New Zealand
International migration statistics give the latest outcomes-based measure of migration, which includes estimates of migrants entering or leaving New Zealand. Key facts Annual migration Provisional estimates for the January 2024 year compared with the January ... More >>
Record January For New Zealanders Travelling
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 11:04 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand-resident traveller arrivals in January 2024 was a record for any January month, according to data released by Stats NZ today. There were 328,100 New Zealand-resident travellers who arrived back in January 2024. This exceeded the pre-COVID numbers ... More >>
Stats NZ Announces Review Of The CPI Basket
Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 3:39 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The consumers price index (CPI) basket of goods and services used to measure inflation will be updated in April 2025, Stats NZ said today. The CPI represents inflation experienced by New Zealand households. To measure the CPI, Stats NZ collects thousands ... More >>
Food Prices See Smallest Annual Increase Since May 2021
Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 11:29 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increased 2.1 percent in the 12 months to February 2024, the smallest increase since May 2021, according to figures released by Stats NZ said today. The 2.1 percent increase is noticeably lower when compared with the 12.0 percent increase ... More >>
Health Care Leads Annual Increase In Filled Jobs For December 2023
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
The health care and social assistance industry had a 5.3 percent (13,692 jobs) annual increase in filled jobs numbers for the year ended December 2023, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. Across all industries filled jobs numbers were up 2.9 ... More >>
Total Environmental Taxes Rise 14 Percent In 2022
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
Total environmental taxes for Aotearoa New Zealand increased 14 percent in the year to March 2022, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. “According to the OECD, environmental taxes encourage action to reduce environmental damage by providing ... More >>
Shift In Spending Patterns As Expenditure Increases
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealanders have changed their household spending patterns as the cost of living has increased, according to data released by Stats NZ today. Household expenditure data collected by the Household Economic Survey is made up of 13 different groups, ... More >>
Travel Exports Gain Narrows Services Deficit
Monday, 4 March 2024, 10:46 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand’s services trade deficit narrowed to $696 million in the December 2023 quarter, compared with $2.1 billion in the December 2022 quarter, according to data released by Stats NZ today. The main contributor to the narrowing of the ... More >>
Home Consents Down 28 Percent In January
Friday, 1 March 2024, 10:24 am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 1,991 new homes consented in January 2024, down 28 percent compared with January 2023, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. “Fewer new homes were consented in January 2024 than in each of the previous five January months,” ... More >>
