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Productivity Statistics: 19782021 Corrected
Friday, 20 May 2022, 10:45 am | Statistics New Zealand
We have further updated Productivity statistics: 19782021 to correct published tables. Corrections made on 6 May 2022 omitted some corrections due to an error in loading the data, which affected Infoshare and NZ.Stat as well as tables published ... More >>
Employment Indicators: Weekly As At 16 May 2022
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
The experimental weekly series provides an early indicator of employment and labour market changes in a more timely manner than the monthly employment indicators series. Key facts The 6-day series includes jobs with a pay period equal to or less than ... More >>
Producer Prices Increase In March 2022 Quarter
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Producer input and output prices increased in the March 2022 quarter, Stats NZ said today. In the March 2022 quarter compared with the December 2021 quarter, prices received by producers of goods and services (outputs) increased 2.6 percent. Prices ... More >>
Māori Population Estimates: Mean Year Ended 31 December 2021
Tuesday, 17 May 2022, 10:43 am | Statistics New Zealand
Estimates of the Māori ethnic population of New Zealand by age and sex. Key facts This release contains the provisional estimate of the national Māori ethnic population for the mean year ended 31 December 2021, and includes an update to the provisional ... More >>
National Population Estimates: At 31 March 2022
Monday, 16 May 2022, 10:45 am | Statistics New Zealand
National population estimates give the best measure between census dates of the population that usually lives in an area, by age and sex, for the total New Zealand area. Key facts At 31 March 2022: New Zealand’s estimated resident population was ... More >>
Employment Indicators: Weekly As At 9 May 2022
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
The experimental weekly series provides an early indicator of employment and labour market changes in a more timely manner than the monthly employment indicators series. Key facts The 6-day series includes jobs with a pay period equal to or less than ... More >>
International Travel Lifts As Border Restrictions Ease
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
The number of people crossing New Zealand’s border increased in March 2022 as border restrictions were relaxed, Stats NZ said today. There were 126,200 border crossings in March 2022, made up of 66,100 arrivals and 60,100 departures. In February ... More >>
Annual Net Migration Loss Of 7,300
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
The provisional net loss of 7,300 people in the year ended March 2022 was the lowest net migration for a March year since 2012, Stats NZ said today. The net loss of 7,300 follows a provisional net loss of 1,700 in the March 2021 year, and a record net ... More >>
Annual Food Price Increase Remains High At 6.4 Percent
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food price inflation remained high in April 2022 following a 10-year high last month, Stats NZ said today. Food prices were 6.4 percent higher in April 2022 compared with April 2021. This was due to rises across all the broad food categories we measure: ... More >>
Card Spending Continues To Rise In April
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 10:43 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted debit and credit card spending rose by $551 million (7.0 percent) in April, Stats NZ said today. This is a larger increase than was seen in the previous month, when spending rose by only 1.7 percent. “With New Zealand moving to the ... More >>
Steady Increase In Beef Cattle Numbers
Friday, 6 May 2022, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
Beef cattle numbers increased in 2021, while the number of sheep dipped slightly, Stats NZ said today. Final figures from the 2021 Agricultural Production Survey showed that the number of beef cattle was up by 2 percent (82,000) from the previous year ... More >>
Electric Vehicle Imports Accelerate As New Zealanders Look To The Future
Thursday, 5 May 2022, 2:13 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Imports of fully electric vehicles more than tripled in the year ended March 2022, amid a record-breaking year for imports of all vehicle types, Stats NZ said today. The total value of passenger motor vehicles imported in the year to March 2022 was ... More >>
Employment Indicators: Weekly As At 2 May 2022 – Information Release
Thursday, 5 May 2022, 10:44 am | Statistics New Zealand
The experimental weekly series provides an early indicator of employment and labour market changes in a more timely manner than the monthly employment indicators series. Key facts The 6-day series includes jobs with a pay period equal to or less than ... More >>
Divorces Drop To Lowest Number Since 1979
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 6,372 divorces granted by the family courts in 2021, the lowest annual number of divorces since 1979, Stats NZ said today. “Divorces have been generally decreasing since the early 2000s, as has the divorce rate,” population estimates ... More >>
More People Away From Work Due To Sickness
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 10:46 am | Statistics New Zealand
The number of employed people in the March 2022 quarter who gave sickness, illness, or injury as the main reason they were away from all forms of work for a full week was up 67 percent compared with the same quarter last year, Stats NZ said today. ... More >>
Annual Wage Inflation Rises To 3.0 Percent
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 10:44 am | Statistics New Zealand
Annual wage inflation measured by the labour cost index (LCI) rose to 3.0 percent in the March 2022 quarter, up from 2.6 percent in the December 2021 quarter, Stats NZ said today. “Wage inflation is at its highest level since the March 2009 quarter,” ... More >>
Unemployment Rate Remains At 3.2 Percent
Wednesday, 4 May 2022, 10:44 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 3.2 percent in the March 2022 quarter, while the underutilisation rate was 9.3 percent, up slightly from 9.2 percent last quarter, Stats NZ said today. E noho tonu ana te pāpātanga kore-mahi i te ... More >>
Record Number Of New Homes Consented Exceeds 50,000
Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 11:29 am | Statistics New Zealand
A record 50,858 new homes were consented in the year ended March 2022, up 24 percent from the year ended March 2021, Stats NZ said today. “The year ended March 2022 marks the first time the annual number of building consents has passed the 50,000 ... More >>
R&D Moves Towards Services Industries
Friday, 29 April 2022, 10:45 am | Statistics New Zealand
In the last five years, research and development (R&D) expenditure by the services industries has more than doubled, whereas it has only risen 12 percent for the manufacturing industry, Stats NZ said today. In 2021, R&D undertaken ... More >>
Employment Indicators: Weekly As At 25 April 2022
Thursday, 28 April 2022, 10:45 am | Statistics New Zealand
The experimental weekly series provides an early indicator of employment and labour market changes in a more timely manner than the monthly employment indicators series. Key facts The 6-day series includes jobs with a pay period equal to or less than ... More >>
