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Businesses that Ask, Receive Finance
Monday, 2 May 2005, 11:49 am | Statistics New Zealand
Over one-third of New Zealand businesses with between 1 and 500 employees sought additional finance during the 12 months to August 2004, according to Statistics New Zealand. Ninety percent of finance requests made by businesses resulted in either ... More >>
Apartments Boost Dwelling Numbers
Friday, 29 April 2005, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
Consents for new apartment units accounted for more than one-quarter of all new dwelling units in March 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. Consents for 882 new apartment units were issued in March 2005, comprising 29 percent of all new dwelling units. ... More >>
Consumption Goods Lift Imports
Thursday, 28 April 2005, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted value of imports increased 3.7 percent in the March 2005 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Consumption goods was the main category underpinning the quarterly imports increase, showing a rise in value of 4.4 percent. ... More >>
National Population Estimates: March 2005 quarter
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 11:00 am | Statistics New Zealand
The estimated resident population of New Zealand was 4,092,900 at 31 March 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. In the March 2005 year, the population growth was estimated to be 38,600 (1.0 percent), compared with 56,800 (1.4 percent) in the ... More >>
Ethnic Diversity Projected to Increase
Friday, 22 April 2005, 12:05 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand's Mäori, Asian and Pacific populations are projected to grow faster than the European population, according to updated 2001-base national ethnic population projections released by Statistics New Zealand. Under mid-range Series 6 projections ... More >>
Visitor Arrivals Up 11 Percent
Thursday, 21 April 2005, 11:17 am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 234,100 short-term overseas visitor arrivals to New Zealand in March 2005, an increase of 22,400 (11 percent) on March 2004, Statistics New Zealand said today. In March 2005, there were more visitors from Australia (up 10,200 or 14 percent), ... More >>
IT Exports Fall Offset by Domestic Increase
Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 11:33 am | Statistics New Zealand
Total exports of information technology (IT) goods and services (excluding communication services) decreased 14.9 percent (to $576.3 million) in the 2004 financial year, according to Statistics New Zealand's Information Technology Survey. More >>
Number of Stoppages Up but Low Loss in Wages
Monday, 18 April 2005, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
Thirty-four work stoppages ended in the December 2004 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. This was an increase of six stoppages from the December 2003 year. The current estimated annual losses in wages and salaries, and person-days of work have ... More >>
Consumer Prices Up 0.4 Percent
Friday, 15 April 2005, 1:37 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The Consumers Price Index (CPI) increased 0.4 percent in the March 2005 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. Housing made the most significant upward contribution to the increase, which also reflects higher prices for food, and recreation and education. ... More >>
Fruit and Vegetables Push FPI Up
Friday, 15 April 2005, 1:36 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increased 0.4 percent in March 2005, according to the latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. The most significant price increase was for fruit and vegetables, with smaller increases being recorded for grocery food, soft drinks ... More >>
Retail Trade Survey: February 2005
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 11:46 am | Statistics New Zealand
Retail Sales Continue Growth The total retail sales trend was up 0.6 percent in February 2005 from January 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. The trend has maintained steady growth since May 1998, with an average monthly rise of 0.6 percent. The trends ... More >>
South Island Sheep Numbers Fall 3 Percent
Thursday, 14 April 2005, 11:12 am | Statistics New Zealand
Sheep numbers in the South Island were recorded at 20.5 million on 30 June 2004, according to final results from Statistics New Zealand's 2004 Agricultural Production Survey. This was a 3 percent decrease on the number a year earlier. North Island ... More >>
Biotechnology Expenditure $430 Million in 2004
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 11:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
Biotechnology expenditure in New Zealand for the 2004 financial year was valued at $430 million, according to results from the Biotechnology Survey 2004 released today by Statistics New Zealand. More >>
International Statisticians Meeting In Wellington
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 11:40 am | Statistics New Zealand
Meeting the statistical rights of indigenous people, measuring health issues for Native Americans, and assessing trends for Mäori in the New Zealand labour market are among the topics being discussed at a major international statistics conference ... More >>
Occupancy Rates Reach Record High
Tuesday, 12 April 2005, 11:20 am | Statistics New Zealand
Occupancy rates in short-term commercial accommodation reached a new high in February 2005, Statistics New Zealand said today. The February 2005 occupancy rate of 69.2 percent, excluding caravan parks/camping grounds, was the highest rate recorded for ... More >>
Re-exports Boost Exports Value
Thursday, 7 April 2005, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
The value of merchandise exports for February 2005 has increased due to the higher value of re-exported aircraft and ships, Statistics New Zealand said today. The value of re-exported aircraft and ships for this month is up $134 million compared with ... More >>
New Zealanders Spend $3.0 Billion Overseas
Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 1:30 pm | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealanders away on overseas trips of less than one year spent $3.0 billion in the year ended 30 June 2004, according to results of the Survey of Returned Travellers (SORT) released by Statistics New Zealand. Results of the two-year sample survey, ... More >>
Consents Fall from Peak but Remain High
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 11:28 am | Statistics New Zealand
Building consent numbers and values remain high despite falling from the recent peak, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Second February Trade Deficit in Last Decade
Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 11:13 am | Statistics New Zealand
The estimated trade balance for February 2005 is a deficit of $127 million, or 4.8 percent of exports, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is only the second trade deficit in a February month in the last decade, with the previous one in 2003 being ... More >>
Gross Domestic Product: December 2004 quarter
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 11:22 am | Statistics New Zealand
The pace of economic activity slowed in the December 2004 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
