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Petroleum fuels wholesale trade increase

Wednesday, 5 March 2008, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand

Seasonally adjusted total wholesale trade sales increased 3.4 percent for the December 2007 quarter compared with the September 2007 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This follows an increase of 2.2 percent in September 2007 quarter. More >>

Jan trade deficit reduces by half billion dollars

Friday, 29 February 2008, 11:20 am | Statistics New Zealand

The monthly trade balance in January 2008 was a deficit of $320 million, down more than half a billion dollars on the deficit recorded in January 2007, Statistics New Zealand said today. Two export commodity groups drove the January 2008 decrease in ... More >>

Commercial fish resource valued at $3.8 billion

Thursday, 28 February 2008, 11:33 am | Statistics New Zealand

The asset value of New Zealand’s commercial fish resource in 2007 was estimated at $3.8 billion, Statistics New Zealand said today. From 1996 to 2007, New Zealand’s commercial fish resource, as managed under the quota management system (QMS), increased ... More >>

China now fourth largest source of visitors

Thursday, 28 February 2008, 11:11 am | Statistics New Zealand

In the January 2008 year, China overtook Japan to become New Zealand's fourth largest source of visitor arrivals, Statistics New Zealand said today. The 122,000 visitor arrivals from China represented an increase of 15,500 (up 15 percent) from the January ... More >>

Student loan debts rise while repayments vary

Thursday, 28 February 2008, 12:00 am | Statistics New Zealand

The number of students borrowing in a year under the Student Loan Scheme reached a high of 167,400 in 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. The 8 percent increase from 154,404 in 2005 is the biggest annual percentage increase in the number of borrowers ... More >>

Housing consents trend still declining

Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 10:49 am | Statistics New Zealand

Building consents statistics for January 2008 show a continuing decline in the trend for the number of new housing units, Statistics New Zealand said today. Trends (both including and excluding apartments) have been decreasing since June 2007. More >>

Number of businesses in New Zealand up 2 percent

Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand

The number of businesses increased 2 percent in February 2007 compared with February 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. In February 2007, there were about 463,000 businesses in New Zealand. Property and business services continued to be the industry ... More >>

More jobs for older employees

Friday, 22 February 2008, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand

The employee group aged 65 years and older showed the greatest growth in filled jobs and average mean quarterly earnings in the five-year period to December 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>

Retail electronic card spending slows

Thursday, 21 February 2008, 1:54 pm | Statistics New Zealand

The seasonally adjusted value of core retail electronic card transactions (which excludes the motor vehiclerelated industries) was down 0.6 percent in January 2008, Statistics New Zealand said today. Growth in the trend for the core retail series ... More >>

NZers drive increase in international travel

Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 12:16 am | Statistics New Zealand

International passenger movements to and from New Zealand numbered 9.06 million in 2007, Statistics New Zealand said today. Since 2003, passenger movements have increased by almost two million, with almost two-thirds of the increase being due to more short-term ... More >>

Births at 44-year high

Monday, 18 February 2008, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand

There were 64,040 births registered in New Zealand in the December 2007 year, the highest number since 1963, Statistics New Zealand said today. The highest number of births registered in any December year was 65,390 in 1961. At that time New Zealand's ... More >>

Apology for early release of Migration data

Monday, 18 February 2008, 12:03 am | Statistics New Zealand

Statistics New Zealand has apologised for the early release of External Migration data: December 2007 year on 18 February 2008, which was released in error at 10.45am, under embargo, a day ahead of schedule. More >>

Fuel boosts retail sales

Friday, 15 February 2008, 12:20 am | Statistics New Zealand

Seasonally adjusted total retail sales rose 1.9 percent in the December 2007 quarter compared with the September 2007 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Sales for the core retailing industries (which exclude vehicle-related sales) rose 0.4 ... More >>

Food prices pushed up by grocery food again

Thursday, 14 February 2008, 10:47 am | Statistics New Zealand

Food prices increased 0.4 percent in the January 2008 month, Statistics New Zealand said today. The increase was mainly due to higher prices for the grocery food subgroup (up 1.3 percent). More >>

Construction and machinery drive up CGPI

Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand

The Capital Goods Price Index (CGPI) rose 0.8 percent in the December 2007 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Higher construction prices for houses and machinery prices were the main contributors to the rise. Five of the six asset groups in the ... More >>

Dairy and wholesale trade push up PPI

Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand

Producers prices rose in the December 2007 quarter, with output prices up 1.5 percent and input prices up 1.3 percent, Statistics New Zealand said today. The main driver in the rise of output prices was the dairy product manufacturing index, while the ... More >>

Annual guest nights increase in 2007

Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 10:49 am | Statistics New Zealand

Total guest nights in short-term commercial accommodation in the 2007 year were 4 percent higher than in 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. All twelve regions had higher guest nights with the largest increase occurring in the Auckland region, ... More >>

Sheep numbers decrease

Monday, 11 February 2008, 10:47 am | Statistics New Zealand

The national number of sheep decreased to 38.6 million, Statistics New Zealand said today. Provisional figures from the 2007 Agricultural Production Census show that the number of sheep was 4 percent fewer than in 2006. Sheep numbers peaked at 70.3 ... More >>

Population grows to 4.25 million

Friday, 8 February 2008, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand

The estimated resident population of New Zealand was 4,252,000 at 31 December 2007, Statistics New Zealand said today. The population increased by 40,600 (1.0 percent) in the December 2007 year, compared with 50,400 (1.2 percent) in the December 2006 ... More >>