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Report Highlights Women's Gains in Education
Thursday, 2 June 2005, 12:19 am | Statistics New Zealand
Young women today are more likely to leave school with a qualification than young men, and they are more highly represented in tertiary education than ever before, according to the latest Statistics New Zealand publication, Focusing on Women 2005. ... More >>
Family, Household Growth to Exceed Populatn Growth
Wednesday, 1 June 2005, 11:28 am | Statistics New Zealand
The numbers of families and households in New Zealand are projected to increase by 24 percent and 28 percent, respectively, between 2001 and 2021, according to updated 2001-base national family and household projections released by Statistics New Zealand ... More >>
Consents Down After a Surge
Tuesday, 31 May 2005, 11:23 am | Statistics New Zealand
Consents for both residential and non-residential building were lower in April 2005 after a surge of consents in March, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Value of Imported Pharmaceutical Products Up
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 11:36 am | Statistics New Zealand
The value of imported pharmaceutical products for April 2005 was $90 million, which is $25 million (37.7 percent) higher than for April 2004, Statistics New Zealand said today. Vaccines and other medicaments are the major items contributing to this ... More >>
District Health Boards Report Operating Surplus
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 11:38 am | Statistics New Zealand
The combined operating surplus of New Zealand's 21 district health boards (DHBs) was $29.3 million for the March 2005 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. A deficit of $30.3 million was recorded in the December 2004 quarter, while the deficit ... More >>
PPI Rises for Four Consecutive Quarters
Monday, 23 May 2005, 11:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
In the March 2005 quarter, output prices in the Producers Price Index (PPI) rose 0.5 percent and input prices rose 0.3 percent, recording the fourth consecutive quarterly rise for both indexes, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Visitor Arrivals from Australia and the UK Down
Friday, 20 May 2005, 11:01 am | Statistics New Zealand
In April 2005, there were fewer short-term overseas visitor arrivals from Australia (down 7,900 or 10 percent) and the United Kingdom (down 2,400 or 12 percent), compared with April 2004, Statistics New Zealand said today. Overall, there were 174,800 visitor ... More >>
Capital Goods Price Index Rises 0.6 Percent
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
Capital goods prices rose 0.6 percent in the March 2005 quarter compared with the December 2004 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. On an annual basis, the Capital Goods Price Index increased 3.6 percent in the year to the March 2005 quarter. More >>
Women Wait to Wed
Monday, 16 May 2005, 11:26 am | Statistics New Zealand
Half of all women who married for the first time in the December 2004 year were aged 28.1 years or over, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is about two and one-half years older than those who married for the first time in 1994. The median age of ... More >>
Goods Maintain Growth in Retail Sales
Friday, 13 May 2005, 11:36 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total retail sales increased 2.0 percent in the March 2005 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Nineteen of the 24 retail industries recorded higher sales this quarter, with most of the increase coming from goods retailing ... More >>
Unemployment Rate Rises to 3.9 Percent
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 11:29 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) results for the March 2005 quarter show a flattening of the recent strong growth in the labour market, Statistics New Zealand said today. The unemployment rate increased by 0.3 of a percentage ... More >>
Fruit and Vegetables Drive Food Prices Down
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 10:55 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices decreased 0.8 percent in April 2005, according to the latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. Prices decreased for fruit and vegetables, and for meat, fish and poultry. Prices increased for restaurant meals and ready-to-eat ... More >>
Easter Boosts Guest Nights for March
Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 11:12 am | Statistics New Zealand
Total guest nights in short-term commercial accommodation showed an 11 percent increase in March 2005 compared with March 2004, Statistics New Zealand said today. The change in timing of the Easter holidays, from April in 2004 to March in 2005, contributed ... More >>
Value of Seasonally Adjusted Exports
Monday, 9 May 2005, 11:04 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted exports value was 0.1 percent higher in the March 2005 quarter than in the December 2004 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. The quarterly trend series for exports has been increasing since September 2003. More >>
Mother Figures For Mothers Day (revised)
Friday, 6 May 2005, 4:21 pm | Statistics New Zealand
To acknowledge all mothers' hard work and caring, Statistics New Zealand would like to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, 8 May with some facts about new mothers in 2004. More >>
Annual Growth in Wages Continues
Friday, 6 May 2005, 2:24 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Wages are continuing to show annual growth, according to Statistics New Zealand's Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) and Labour Cost Index (LCI). In the year to March 2005, salary and wage rates (including overtime), as measured by the LCI, rose 2.5 ... More >>
Birth Rates for Older Women Continue to Rise
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 11:16 am | Statistics New Zealand
Birth rates for New Zealand women aged 30 years and over have increased over the last decade, Statistics New Zealand reported today. In the March 2005 year, women aged 30–34 years had the highest fertility rate (119 births per 1,000 women), up ... More >>
Mother Figures For Mother's Day
Thursday, 5 May 2005, 11:01 am | Statistics New Zealand
To acknowledge all mothers' hard work and caring, Statistics New Zealand would like to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, 8 May with some facts about new mothers in 2004. More >>
R&D Reaches $1.6 Billion
Wednesday, 4 May 2005, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
Total research and development (R&D) expenditure in the 2004 reference period was $1.6 billion, according to the results of the Research and Development Survey 2004, released today by Statistics New Zealand. Research and development expenditure ... More >>
May 2005 Statistics Media Information Releases
Monday, 2 May 2005, 4:58 pm | Statistics New Zealand
May 2005 - All Statistics New Zealand media and Hot Off The Press information releases are published at 10:45am. More >>
