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Biggest trade surplus since 1993
Monday, 29 June 2009, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
The trade balance for May 2009, when measured as a percentage of exports, recorded the largest surplus since June 1993, Statistics New Zealand said today. The surplus of $858 million, or 21.7 percent of exports, resulted from a large drop in imports ... More >>
Annual gross domestic product declines
Friday, 26 June 2009, 12:02 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Economic activity, as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), was down 1.0 percent in the March 2009 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. On an annual basis, GDP decreased 1.0 percent for the year ended March 2009, the first annual decline ... More >>
Falling imports reduce current account deficit
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 11:01 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted current account deficit was $2,682 million in the March 2009 quarter, $1,042 million smaller than the December 2008 quarter deficit of $3,724 million, Statistics New Zealand said today. The smaller deficit came mainly from ... More >>
International Travel and Migration: May 2009
Monday, 22 June 2009, 2:19 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Visitor arrivals (141,900) were up 1 percent from May 2008 (140,500). There were more visitors from Australia (up 9,200), but fewer visitors from Korea (down 3,400), China (down 2,700) and Japan (down 2,500). New Zealand-resident departures (163,700) ... More >>
Local authorities’ operating surplus continues
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 11:14 am | Statistics New Zealand
Local authorities recorded a $42.8 million seasonally adjusted surplus in the March 2009 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This surplus was down $8.2 million compared with the December 2008 quarter and down $14.1 million compared with the ... More >>
Abortion Statistics: 2008
Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 10:55 am | Statistics New Zealand
The number of abortions performed in New Zealand decreased in the year ended December 2008, Statistics New Zealand said today. A total of 17,940 induced abortions were performed in New Zealand in the December 2008 year, 440 (2.4 percent) less than in ... More >>
Meat and dairy bolster manufacturing sales volumes
Monday, 15 June 2009, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
Total manufacturing seasonally adjusted sales volumes were flat in the March 2009 quarter (up 0.2 percent), bolstered by a 23.1 percent rise from meat and dairy product manufacturing, Statistics New Zealand said today. However, excluding the meat and ... More >>
Winners of Statistics NZ Journalism Awards
Friday, 12 June 2009, 3:16 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Winners of Statistics New Zealand 2009 Journalism Award Announced Statistics New Zealand is delighted to announce the winners of its third annual Journalism Award. The winner of this year's award, for best use of statistics in a story, was Adam ... More >>
Grocery food prices rise
Friday, 12 June 2009, 11:08 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increased 0.3 percent in the May 2009 month, Statistics New Zealand said today. The most significant increase came from the grocery food subgroup (up 1.0 percent), which was driven by higher prices for bread (up 2.6 percent) and cakes ... More >>
Vehicles lift April retail sales
Friday, 12 June 2009, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
In April 2009, seasonally adjusted total retail sales rose 0.5 percent ($27 million), Statistics New Zealand said today. Motor vehicle retailing, which can show considerable month-on-month volatility, contributed twothirds of this month's increase, up 3.5 ... More >>
Household Labour Force: March 2009 quarter Erratum
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 12:43 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Corrections have been made to the Household Labour Force Survey: March 2009 quarter, originally released on 7 May 2009. March 2009 was the first quarter in which we attempted to apply Mâori benchmarks via the usual production system. However, an error in ... More >>
Easter affects April guest nights
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 12:34 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Total guest nights in short-term commercial accommodation in April 2009 were 4 percent higher than in April 2008, Statistics New Zealand said today. The timing of the Easter holidays, which occurred in March in 2008, and this year in April, contributed to ... More >>
Electronic card spending up again in May
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 11:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted value of electronic card spending increased by 0.7 percent in May 2009, following a 0.8 percent increase in April, Statistics New Zealand said today. Both the retail and core retail series were also up in May 2009. The consumables ... More >>
Export prices show largest drop in over 50 years
Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 11:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
Export prices fell 8.2 percent in the March 2009 quarter, the largest quarterly fall since the December 1957 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This was mainly driven by a fall in dairy product prices which were down 20.5 percent. The ... More >>
Volume of building work continues to fall
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted volume of all building work put in place fell 0.7 percent in the March 2009 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Both the volume of residential (down 0.4 percent) and non-residential (down 1.0 percent) buildings decreased. ... More >>
Record fall in wholesale sales
Friday, 5 June 2009, 11:19 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total wholesale trade sales fell a record 5.9 percent ($1.3 billion) for the March 2009 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the largest quarterly fall in total sales since the current series began in 1995, and is more ... More >>
Most migrants satisfied after 18 months in NZ
Friday, 29 May 2009, 12:00 pm | Statistics New Zealand
More than nine out of 10 (91.3 percent) migrants were satisfied or very satisfied with life in New Zealand, 18 months after taking up residence, says a second wave of interviews from the Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ) released ... More >>
Low housing consent numbers continue
Friday, 29 May 2009, 11:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
Building consent statistics for the month of April 2009 show the trend for the number of new housing units authorised, excluding apartment units, continues to be at a low level, Statistics New Zealand said today. The trend is currently at its lowest ... More >>
Exports and imports decline
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 11:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
The value of merchandise exports and imports both fell in April 2009 compared with April 2008, down 4.6 percent and 18.1 percent respectively, Statistics New Zealand said today. The decrease in exports was led by crude oil, but was partly offset by ... More >>
Job growth slowed in the year to March 2008
Friday, 22 May 2009, 11:14 am | Statistics New Zealand
The number of filled jobs increased 2.1 percent to reach 1,816,220 in the March 2008 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. This percentage increase is the smallest recorded for a March year since the Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) series began ... More >>
