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Retail Sales Steady
Thursday, 14 December 2006, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
In October 2006, seasonally adjusted retail sales remained at a similar level to September 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. Sales increased by 0.3 percent for the month. Excluding vehicle-related industries, core retailing sales rose 0.2 ... More >>
Grocery Food Nudges Food Prices Up
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 11:06 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increased 0.1 percent during November 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. Rising prices for the grocery food subgroup were the main contributor, increasing 0.6 percent. This increase was mainly driven by potato crisps (up 5.1 percent), chocolate ... More >>
International and Domestic Guest Nights Rise
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
International visitors spent 1.1 million guest nights in short-term commercial accommodation in October 2006, up 5 percent from October 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. Australian visitors (up 54,000) recorded the largest increase in international guest ... More >>
Increase in Sheep and Dairy Cattle Numbers
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
Sheep and dairy cattle numbers have increased since 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. Beef numbers have remained stable and deer numbers have decreased. These numbers are taken from the provisional results of the 2006 Agricultural Production ... More >>
Export Volumes Up, Prices Down
Monday, 11 December 2006, 11:17 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted merchandise export volumes index rose 5.2 percent in the September 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This follows an increase of 0.5 percent in the June 2006 quarter. The food and beverages index (up 8.1 percent) ... More >>
Non-residential Building Work Falls
Friday, 8 December 2006, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
The value of work put in place on non-residential buildings fell 9.2 percent in the September 2006 quarter (on a seasonally adjusted basis), Statistics New Zealand said today. This follows a fall of 5.0 percent in the June 2006 quarter, but the value ... More >>
Crown Research Institute Expenses Increase
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 11:14 am | Statistics New Zealand
The increase in operating expenses for New Zealand's nine Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) exceeded that of their income in the year ended 30 June 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. Total CRI operating costs were up $36.8 million to reach $569.4 ... More >>
Wholesale Trade Sales Continue to Rise
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 10:55 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total wholesale trade sales for the September 2006 quarter increased 2.6 percent, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the third consecutive quarterly increase since December 2005. More >>
Census Shows Accelerating Growth Across Country
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
06 Census Shows Accelerating Growth Across the Country Results from the 2006 Census show that New Zealand's usually resident population grew faster between 2001 and 2006 than in any five-year period between censuses in the last 30 years, Statistics ... More >>
Electricity Generation Reaches Record Level
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 11:04 am | Statistics New Zealand
Increased levels of hydro and wind generation in the September 2006 quarter resulted in a record level of electricity generation (10,809 gigawatt hours) for any quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Rising Trend in New Housing Consents Continues
Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 11:07 am | Statistics New Zealand
There has been a steady increase in the trend for the number of new housing units since May 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. In October 2006 building consents were issued for 2,377 new housing units, 476 more than during the previous October. More >>
Earnings for Older Workers Grow
Monday, 27 November 2006, 11:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
Filled jobs increased by 4.1 percent for the September 2005 year and by 18.5 percent from the September 2000 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. Figures over a five-year period for the September 2000 and 2005 years show that the greatest increase in jobs ... More >>
Record Imports Push Deficit Over One Billion
Friday, 24 November 2006, 5:14 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The value of merchandise imports for October 2006 was $3.9 billion, a 15.8 percent increase on October 2005 and the highest ever for any month, Statistics New Zealand said today. At $2.7 billion, exports were also up on October 2005 (by 10.5 percent) ... More >>
District Health Boards Report Deficit Increase
Thursday, 23 November 2006, 12:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
The combined operating deficit of New Zealand's 21 district health boards (DHBs) was $8.2 million for the September 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This quarter's deficit was larger compared with both the $2.7 million deficit recorded ... More >>
Visitor Arrivals from Australia Increase
Tuesday, 21 November 2006, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 186,600 short-term visitor arrivals in October 2006, an increase of 10,400 (6 percent) on October 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. Visitors from Australia contributed the largest increase, up 8,000 or 12 percent. More visitors also came ... More >>
Highest Number of Births Since 1992
Monday, 20 November 2006, 11:04 am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 59,120 live births registered in New Zealand in the September 2006 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the highest number of births registered in a September year since 1992, when there were 59,510 births. More >>
National Saving Falls
Thursday, 16 November 2006, 11:43 am | Statistics New Zealand
Gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices increased 5.0 percent for the year ended March 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. This follows a 6.9 percent increase in the previous March year. More >>
Quarterly Sales Buoyed by Core Retailing
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total retail sales increased 1.0 percent in the September 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This quarter’s increase was buoyed by a 1.8 percent increase for the core retailing group (which excludes vehicle-related ... More >>
Retail Data Points to a Robust Wellington Economy
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 12:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
Recent data from Statistics New Zealand shows economic activity in the Wellington region remains robust according to the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce. More >>
Livestock and Wholesale Trade Push Up PPI
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 11:08 am | Statistics New Zealand
Output prices rose 0.7 percent and input prices 2.0 percent in the Producers Price Index (PPI) during the September 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. The rise in the outputs index was mainly driven by higher prices in the livestock ... More >>
