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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 >>
National Population Estimates: At 31 December 2023
Friday, 16 February 2024, 10:28 am | Statistics New Zealand
National population estimates give the best available measure of the population, by age and sex, usually living in New Zealand. Key facts At 31 December 2023: New Zealand’s estimated resident population was provisionally 5,305,600 there were ... More >>
Overseas Visitor Arrivals Continue To Pick Up
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 10:32 am | Statistics New Zealand
Overseas visitor arrivals were 2.96 million in the December 2023 year, according to data released by Stats NZ today. This was up 1.52 million from the 2022 year. By the end of 2023, overseas visitor arrival numbers were 79 percent of the pre-pandemic ... More >>
Home Consents Down 25 Percent In 2023
Friday, 2 February 2024, 10:40 am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 37,239 new homes consented in the year ended December 2023, down 25 percent compared with the year ended December 2022, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. “The number of homes consented in 2023 was down from 49,538 in 2022, ... More >>
Property Transfer Statistics: December 2023 Quarter
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 10:24 am | Statistics New Zealand
Property transfer statistics are based mainly on land transfer tax statements. They capture property transfers by New Zealanders and overseas people. This includes information on the citizenship, visa status, or tax residency of people and companies involved ... More >>
Employment Indicators: December 2023
Monday, 29 January 2024, 12:04 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Employment indicators provide an early indication of changes in the labour market. Key facts Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the December 2023 month (compared with the November 2023 month) were: all industries – up 0.2 ... More >>
International Travel: November 2023
Friday, 19 January 2024, 10:40 am | Statistics New Zealand
International travel covers the number and characteristics of overseas visitors and New Zealand resident travellers (short-term movements) entering or leaving New Zealand. Key facts Monthly arrivals – overseas visitors Overseas visitor arrivals ... More >>
Lowest Annual Food Price Increase Since December 2021
Thursday, 18 January 2024, 10:46 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices in New Zealand are 4.8 percent higher than a year ago, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. In December 2023, the annual increase was due to price rises across the five broad food categories measured by Stats NZ. Price ... More >>
Tatauranga Umanga Māori – Statistics On Māori Businesses: September 2023 Quarter
Tuesday, 16 January 2024, 10:27 am | Statistics New Zealand
Tatauranga umanga Māori – Statistics on Māori businesses: September 2023 quarter presents information on one subset of Māori businesses that contribute to our country’s economy. This release includes data on Māori authorities and related businesses. ... More >>
Serious Injury Outcome Indicators: 2000–2022
Monday, 18 December 2023, 10:30 am | Statistics New Zealand
Serious injury outcome indicators present the annual number and rate of serious injury outcomes in New Zealand, through a set of indicators for fatal and non-fatal injuries. Visit our website to read this information release and to download CSV ... More >>
GDP Decreases 0.3 Percent In The September 2023 Quarter
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.3 percent in the September 2023 quarter, following a revised 0.5 percent increase in the June 2023 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. “All goods producing industries were down ... More >>
Food Prices Increase 6.0 Percent Annually But Fall For The Third Consecutive Month
Wednesday, 13 December 2023, 11:49 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices in New Zealand are 6.0 percent higher than a year ago, but are cheaper in November 2023 than October 2023, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. “The largest contribution to the annual change was grocery food, mainly driven ... More >>