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Visitor Arrivals Steady
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 250,600 short-term overseas visitor arrivals to New Zealand in January 2006, an increase of 600 (less than 1 percent) on January 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. More visitors came from China and Hong Kong and fewer from Korea and ... More >>
Census Form Delivery On Track
Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 11:35 am | Statistics New Zealand
Statistics New Zealand reports that its team of 6,400 collectors is on track to have all census forms delivered in time for Census Day next Tuesday. More >>
2006 Census Ethnicity Question Clarified
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:11 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Statistics New Zealand has acknowledged the growing public discussion of the 2006 Census question on ethnicity. The discussion concerns the lack of a tick box for ‘New Zealander’ on the census form. Census General Manager Nancy McBeth believes ... More >>
Building Consent Trends Steady
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 11:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
Trend figures show a continued high level for non-residential building consent values and slowing growth for residential building consent values, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Online Census Explained
Monday, 27 February 2006, 11:25 am | Statistics New Zealand
With only eight days remaining until Census Day on Tuesday, 7 March, Statistics New Zealand is reminding people who want to complete their census forms online that they will need both an ID and a security password for their household (PIN) to access ... More >>
Annual Trade Deficit Passes Seven Billion
Monday, 27 February 2006, 11:24 am | Statistics New Zealand
The annual trade balance for the year ended January 2006 is a deficit of $7.1 billion (23.1 percent of exports), Statistics New Zealand said today. As a percentage of exports, this is the largest deficit for a January year since 1976, during the oil ... More >>
District Health Boards Report Operating Deficit
Friday, 24 February 2006, 10:48 am | Statistics New Zealand
The combined operating deficit of New Zealand's 21 district health boards (DHBs) was $21.8 million for the December 2005 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. This was up $16.9 million on the deficit recorded in the September 2005 quarter, ... More >>
More Beer, Wine and Spirits in 2005
Thursday, 23 February 2006, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
Beer, wine, and spirit-based drinks available for consumption all increased in the 2005 calendar year, Statistics New Zealand said today. Beer still remained the most popular type of alcoholic beverage in New Zealand, accounting for 68.8 percent of ... More >>
Int'l Arrivals and Departures Exceed 8.6 Million
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 10:48 am | Statistics New Zealand
Annual total passenger arrivals and departures (consisting of overseas visitors, New Zealand residents and migrants) reached 8.69 million in the year ending December 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. There were 4.34 million arrivals and 4.35 ... More >>
2006 Census Help Services Start
Friday, 17 February 2006, 11:21 am | Statistics New Zealand
Statistics New Zealand has opened its 0800 phone helpline in preparation for the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings next month. The helpline, launched today by the Minister of Statistics, the Hon Clayton Cosgrove, will help to ensure that ... More >>
Birth Rate Stable
Friday, 17 February 2006, 11:19 am | Statistics New Zealand
Annual birth rates for the December 2005 year suggest that New Zealand women average 2.0 births per woman, Statistics New Zealand said today. New Zealand's total fertility rate has been relatively stable over the last decade, also averaging 2.0 births per ... More >>
Electricity Drives PPI Increases
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 11:08 am | Statistics New Zealand
Output prices in the Producers Price Index (PPI) rose 0.3 percent and input prices rose 1.2 percent in the December 2005 quarter, the seventh consecutive quarterly increase for both indexes, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Construction Drives Capital Goods Price Rise
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
The Capital Goods Price Index (CGPI) rose 0.7 percent in the December 2005 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. The rise was driven by a 1.6 percent increase in the residential buildings index, the most significant upward contributor to the ... More >>
Vehicle Retailing Offsets Retail Sales Increase
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 10:55 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted retail sales fell 0.4 percent in the December 2005 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. The decrease was mainly due to a large fall in sales for the motor vehicle retailing industry. Core retail sales (which excludes vehicle-related ... More >>
Food Prices Up 0.7 Percent
Monday, 13 February 2006, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increased 0.7 percent in January 2006, Statistics New Zealand said today. Prices were up for the grocery food, soft drinks and confectionery; fruit and vegetables; and restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food subgroups. Meat, fish and poultry prices ... More >>
Weepu wants all rangatahi Māori on-side for Census
Monday, 13 February 2006, 10:00 am | Statistics New Zealand
All Black Piri Weepu wants all rangatahi Māori “on-side” for 2006 Census More >>
Annual Guest Nights Increase
Friday, 10 February 2006, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
Total guest nights in short-term commercial accommodation for the 2005 calendar year were 2 percent higher than the previous year, Statistics New Zealand said today. The major event that affected guest nights during 2005 was the British and Irish ... More >>
Labour Force Survey: December 2005 quarter
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 1:13 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) results for the December 2005 quarter show a continuation of the tight labour market conditions experienced in recent quarters, Statistics New Zealand said today. However, following strong ... More >>
Older People’s Access to Vehicles Varies by Region
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
Access to private motor vehicles by New Zealanders aged 65 and over differs significantly between regions, according to a report released today by Statistics New Zealand. In Wellington, 19 percent of the older population live in households without access ... More >>
Paid Hours Unchanged, Wages Strong
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 10:48 am | Statistics New Zealand
Total paid hours, as measured by the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES), were relatively unchanged in the year to December 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. The result is an end to a period of annual growth in paid hours since the December 1998 year. ... More >>
