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Leave, Holidays Increase Non-Wage Labour Costs
Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
Labour costs rose 3.7 percent in the year to the June 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the largest annual increase since the series began in the December 1992 quarter. The salary and wage rates (including overtime) component ... More >>
Growth Lead by Services Sector and Exports
Friday, 29 September 2006, 11:21 am | Statistics New Zealand
Economic activity increased 0.5 percent in the June 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. In the year ended June 2006, the economy grew 1.9 percent, down from the 3.1 percent growth recorded in the year ended June 2005. More >>
Residential Consent Values Remain High
Friday, 29 September 2006, 11:19 am | Statistics New Zealand
The value of consents issued for residential buildings in August 2006 was $694 million, 9.7 percent higher than in August 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. The trend for the value of residential buildings has been increasing since March 2006. More >>
Australia Remains Top Investment Partner
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 11:19 am | Statistics New Zealand
Australia and the United States of America (USA) continue to be New Zealand’s top two investment partners, Statistics New Zealand said today. Together, they accounted for $49.0 billion (46.9 percent) of New Zealand’s total investment abroad and $110.5 ... More >>
CPI Review Completed
Thursday, 28 September 2006, 11:17 am | Statistics New Zealand
The Consumers Price Index (CPI) has undergone a major review, which will culminate in the publication of the reweighted CPI for the September 2006 quarter on 25 October 2006. Statistics New Zealand today released information on the conclusions from the ... More >>
Imports and Exports Continue to Rise
Tuesday, 26 September 2006, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
In August 2006, the trends for both imports and exports of merchandise goods continued to rise, Statistics New Zealand said today. The imports trend has been increasing since December 2005 while the exports trend has been on the rise since July 2005. More >>
Increase in Visitor Arrivals
Friday, 22 September 2006, 11:07 am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 155,700 short-term overseas visitor arrivals to New Zealand in August 2006, up 5,000 (3 percent) on August 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. More visitors came from Australia and China in August 2006, but fewer from Japan and the ... More >>
Goods and Services Improve Current Account Deficit
Thursday, 21 September 2006, 11:36 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted current account deficit was $3,524 million in the June 2006 quarter, $642 million narrower than the March 2006 quarter deficit, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Cargo Values Are Up
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 11:22 am | Statistics New Zealand
The value of export cargo loaded and import cargo unloaded at New Zealand ports rose by 5.4 percent and 5.7 percent, respectively, during the June 2006 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. Conversely, over the same period, the weight of export cargo ... More >>
War Impacts on New Zealand Life Expectancy
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
Ten percent of New Zealand males born in the mid-1890s died as a result of war, a new population study released today by Statistics New Zealand reveals. Without the direct impact of deaths in World War I and II, life expectancy at birth would have ... More >>
Local Authority Expenditure Continues to Increase
Monday, 18 September 2006, 11:20 am | Statistics New Zealand
Local authorities' seasonally adjusted expenditure increased 2.5 percent in the June 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Total expenditure for the June 2006 quarter was $1,353.6 million, up $32.4 million compared with the March 2006 quarter. More >>
Strong Meat and Dairy Result Lifts Manufacturing
Friday, 15 September 2006, 11:01 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted manufacturing sales increased 4.9 percent in the June 2006 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. The result was led by the strong 8.8 percent increase in seasonally adjusted sales for the meat and dairy manufacturing industry, due mainly ... More >>
Vegetable Prices Turn Food Prices Around
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 12:20 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices fell 0.1 percent during August 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today, following a rise of 0.8 percent in July. The 1.4 percent drop in fruit and vegetable prices was the main contributor to the fall in food prices. Within the fruit and ... More >>
July Retail Sales Steady
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total retail sales increased 0.5 percent in July 2006 compared with June 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. This movement was the result of a $46 million increase in the core retailing group (which excludes vehicle-related ... More >>
Lions Tour Behind Fall in Internat'l Guest Nights
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 10:49 am | Statistics New Zealand
Guest nights spent by international visitors in short-term commercial accommodation fell by 14 percent in July 2006 compared with July 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. Visitors from the United Kingdom and Ireland (down 120,000 or 48 percent) ... More >>
Weaker New Zealand Dollar Pushes Prices Higher
Monday, 11 September 2006, 11:23 am | Statistics New Zealand
The depreciation of the New Zealand dollar against our trading partners' currencies was the major driver of price increases for merchandise trade, Statistics New Zealand said today. Merchandise export prices and merchandise import prices both rose in ... More >>
Residential Building Work Drops
Friday, 8 September 2006, 2:14 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The value of work put in place on residential buildings fell 9.1 percent in the June 2006 quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis, Statistics New Zealand said today. This follows a rise of 3.6 percent in the March 2006 quarter. When the impact of ... More >>
Tourists Spend Record Amount
Thursday, 7 September 2006, 2:48 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Tourism expenditure in New Zealand reached $17.5 billion for the year ended March 2005, according to the Tourism Satellite Account: 2005 published today by Statistics New Zealand. More >>
Petroleum Continues to Drive Trade Growth
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 11:11 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total wholesale trade sales for the June 2006 quarter increased 1.4 percent, Statistics New Zealand said today. Once again the increase was driven by petroleum product wholesaling (up 9.3 percent) which contributed over half the ... More >>
Adverse Weather Drives Demand for Electricity
Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
In the June 2006 quarter, electricity generation reached the highest ever level for a June quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Record levels of electricity generation were also recorded for the June 2004 and June 2005 quarters. Adverse weather conditions ... More >>
