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Overseas Trips by NZ Residents Take Off
Wednesday, 20 June 2007, 11:26 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand residents departed on 171,300 short-term trips in May 2007, up 23,400 (16 percent) on the 147,900 departures in May 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
QuickStats About Incomes - 2006 Census
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 11:17 am | Statistics New Zealand
QuickStats About Incomes looks at the income of adults (aged 15 years and over) who usually live in New Zealand, and the income of families. Information in this QuickStats is based on New Zealand's 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, held on 7 March ... More >>
Local Authority Expenditure Rises
Monday, 18 June 2007, 11:00 am | Statistics New Zealand
Local authorities’ seasonally adjusted operating expenditure increased 3.8 percent in the March 2007 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Purchases of goods and services and donations, and all other expenditure contributed more than half ... More >>
Manufacturing Sales Up, but Trend Eases
Friday, 15 June 2007, 1:48 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted manufacturing sales increased 0.8 percent in the March 2007 quarter, following a decrease of 2.2 percent in the December 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. With the effects of price changes removed at December 1997 quarter ... More >>
Abortion Statistics: 2006
Thursday, 14 June 2007, 11:08 am | Statistics New Zealand
The number of abortions performed in New Zealand increased slightly in the year ended December 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. A total of 17,930 induced abortions were performed in New Zealand in the December 2006 year, 400 (2.3 percent) ... More >>
Motor Vehicles Pull Down Retail Sales
Thursday, 14 June 2007, 11:07 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total retail sales fell 1.2 percent in April 2007, Statistics New Zealand said today. The biggest single contributor to this month's result was motor vehicle retailing, which decreased 4.1 percent ($30 million) and accounted ... More >>
Tomatoes Nudge Up FPI
Wednesday, 13 June 2007, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increased 0.3 percent in the May 2007 month, Statistics New Zealand said today. The main contribution to the increase came from higher prices for tomatoes. More >>
International Visitors Lead Guest Nights Increase
Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 4:52 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Guest nights spent by international visitors in short-term commercial accommodation were 5 percent higher in April 2007 than in April 2006,Statistics New Zealand said today.Australian visitors recorded the largest increase in international guest nights. More >>
Dairy Dominates Export Volumes
Monday, 11 June 2007, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
A record high in the dairy products index was the leading contributor to a 2.4 percent rise in seasonally adjusted export volumes in the March 2007 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Building Work Remains at High Level
Friday, 8 June 2007, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
The value of all building work put in place rose 3.9 percent in the March 2007 quarter (on a seasonally adjusted basis), following a rise of 2.7 percent in the December 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Work on non-residential buildings ... More >>
More Electricity from Hydro and Wind Generation
Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
Electricity from hydro and wind generation rose by 17.0 percent in the March 2007 quarter, compared with the March 2006 quarter. Over the same period, generation from thermal sources decreased by 19.4 percent, leading to a small overall increase in ... More >>
Household Goods Lead Wholesale Trade Increase
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 11:29 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total wholesale trade sales for the March 2007 quarter increased 1.7 percent, Statistics New Zealand said today. This increase was led by household goods wholesaling (up 18.6 percent), which contributed 35 percent to the total increase. ... More >>
Housing Consents Remain Firm
Wednesday, 30 May 2007, 12:14 am | Statistics New Zealand
Building consents for 1,782 new housing units were issued in April 2007, compared with 1,558 in April 2006 and 1,617 in April 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. Housing consents for April are typically lower than in other months, with a monthly ... More >>
Card Transactions Rise in Retail
Tuesday, 29 May 2007, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
In April 2007, seasonally adjusted electronic card transactions rose 1.0 percent in the retail industries compared with March 2007, Statistics New Zealand said today. The core retail Electronic Card Transaction series increased 1.2 percent, seasonally ... More >>
Oil-related Trade Lifts Monthly Imports
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 11:19 am | Statistics New Zealand
The arrival of more than half a billion dollars worth of petroleum and products, and an oil production vessel accounted for almost a quarter of total imports for April 2007, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Net Permanent and Long-term Migration Eases
Friday, 18 May 2007, 11:35 am | Statistics New Zealand
Permanent and long-term (PLT) arrivals exceeded departures by 11,200 in the April 2007 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. While this is above the net gain of 10,100 in the April 2006 year, annual net PLT migration has eased since reaching ... More >>
Female/Male Life Expectancy Gap Narrows
Thursday, 17 May 2007, 11:00 am | Statistics New Zealand
A newborn girl can expect to live 81.9 years, and a newborn boy 77.9 years, Statistics New Zealand said today. Recently released life tables show that the gap between female and male life expectancy has narrowed from 6.4 years in 1975–1977 to 4.1 years ... More >>
Primary Products Pull Down Output Prices
Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 11:12 am | Statistics New Zealand
Producers prices fell in the March 2007 quarter, with output prices down 0.2 percent, and input prices down 1.6 percent, Statistics New Zealand said today. The recent falls in the output prices are mainly due to price falls in primary products. More >>
New House Construction Prices Push up CGPI
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
The Capital Goods Price Index (CGPI) rose 0.4 percent in the March 2007 quarter, driven by higher construction prices of new houses, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the lowest quarterly increase of the CGPI since the September 2003 quarter. ... More >>
March Quarter Retail Sales Strong
Monday, 14 May 2007, 11:14 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total retail sales increased 3.4 percent in the March 2007 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. The core retailing industries (which exclude vehicle-related sales) also rose 3.4 percent this quarter. The increase in total sales was the result ... More >>
