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Food prices fall
Friday, 11 September 2009, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices decreased 0.9 percent in the August 2009 month, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the largest monthly fall in three and a half years. Lower prices for grocery food, and fruit and vegetables accounted for nearly all of the decrease ... More >>
Guest nights in July up
Friday, 11 September 2009, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
Guest nights in short-term commercial accommodation in July 2009 were up 3 percent compared to July 2008, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is only the second month this year that guest nights have increased when compared with the same month ... More >>
Terms of trade continue to fall
Thursday, 10 September 2009, 11:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
The merchandise terms of trade fell 9.0 percent in the June 2009 quarter, following a fall in each of the previous four quarters, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Core retail electronic card spending flat
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 12:00 pm | Statistics New Zealand
After adjusting for seasonal effects, electronic card transactions in core retail (which excludes the motor vehicle-related industries) remained flat in August 2009, up just 0.1 percent compared with July 2009, Statistics New Zealand said today. This ... More >>
Value of Building Work Put in Place: June quarter
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
For the first time since 1989, when this series began, the seasonally adjusted volume of residential building work put in place has fallen below the volume of non-residential building work put in place, Statistics New Zealand said today. The volume of residential ... More >>
Wholesale trade down for a fourth quarter
Monday, 7 September 2009, 11:08 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total wholesale trade sales fell 0.9 percent ($195 million) for the June 2009 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This follows the record decrease of 5.8 percent ($1.3 billion) in the March 2009 quarter and is the first ... More >>
Father figures
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 11:13 am | Statistics New Zealand
To acknowledge the important role of fathers, Statistics New Zealand offers the following facts * In 2008, a new baby was a Father Day’s present for 143 men. * The average age of fathers of new babies is 33 years, but one in 100 babies has a father aged ... More >>
Housing consent trend increases, level still low
Friday, 28 August 2009, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
The trend for the number of new housing units authorised, excluding apartment units, has been increasing in recent months, although it remains at a low level, Statistics New Zealand said today. When apartments are included, the trend for the number of ... More >>
Imports show large drop and exports also down
Thursday, 27 August 2009, 11:15 am | Statistics New Zealand
The value of both merchandise imports and exports fell in July 2009 compared with July 2008, down 20.9 percent and 7.3 percent respectively, Statistics New Zealand said today. In percentage terms, the decrease in imports is the second largest monthly ... More >>
Statistics for challenging times
Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
Auckland businesses are being encouraged to use freely-available statistics to help them make good decisions in challenging economic times. Statistics New Zealand is hosting four free ‘Go Stats’ seminars in Auckland for small to medium sized businesses, ... More >>
Big jump in visitor arrivals from Australia
Friday, 21 August 2009, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
Visitor arrivals from Australia jumped by 15,800 (20 percent) in July 2009, compared with July 2008, Statistics New Zealand said today. However, total visitor arrivals (176,200) were up just 500 (less than 1 percent) from the same month of the previous ... More >>
Filled jobs and earnings rise in June 2008 year
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 11:25 am | Statistics New Zealand
The number of filled jobs increased 2.2 percent to reach 1,827,810 in the June 2008 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. This growth rate has slowed from 2.5 percent in the June 2007 year. However, average quarterly earnings increased to $11,480, ... More >>
Small rise in the Capital Goods Price Index
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 10:55 am | Statistics New Zealand
The Capital Goods Price Index (CGPI) rose 0.3 percent in the June 2009 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. The most significant upward contribution came from the plant, machinery and equipment index (up 0.9 percent). An offsetting decrease of 1.1 percent ... More >>
Producers' output prices fall, input prices flat
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
Producers’ output prices fell 0.7 percent in the June 2009 quarter, while input prices remained unchanged, Statistics New Zealand said today. The dairy product manufacturing index (down 19.9 percent) made the largest downward contribution to the outputs index ... More >>
Auckland drives drop in births
Monday, 17 August 2009, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 62,960 live births registered in the June 2009 year, down 1,180 (2 percent) from the June 2008 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. This decrease was largely driven by fewer births in the Auckland region, down from 23,420 in 2008 to 22,370 ... More >>
Population growth increases
Friday, 14 August 2009, 11:00 am | Statistics New Zealand
The estimated resident population of New Zealand was 4,315,800 at 30 June 2009, Statistics New Zealand said today. The population increased by 46,900 (1.1 percent) in the June 2009 year, compared with 40,600 (1.0 percent) in the June 2008 year. Although the ... More >>
June quarter retail rises
Friday, 14 August 2009, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
The value of seasonally adjusted total retail sales rose 1.1 percent ($174 million) in the June 2009 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the first increase in quarterly sales since the March 2008 quarter and follows a fall of 1.4 percent ... More >>
Vegetable prices rise as temperatures fall
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increased 0.6 percent in the July 2009 month, Statistics New Zealand said today. Higher prices for vegetables accounted for nearly all of the increase in the food price index (FPI), with cold weather hampering growing conditions. Vegetable ... More >>
June guest nights down
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 11:18 am | Statistics New Zealand
Total guest nights in short-term commercial accommodation in June 2009 were 1.6 million, down 5 percent on June 2008, Statistics New Zealand said today. International guest nights were down 8 percent and domestic guest nights were down 3 percent in June ... More >>
Total electronic card spending up in July
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
After adjusting for seasonal effects, the total Electronic Card Transaction (ECT) series increased 1.2 percent in July 2009 compared with June 2009, Statistics New Zealand said today. This follows a 0.4 percent decrease in June. The non-retail industries ... More >>
