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Record Month for Imports
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 11:08 am | Statistics New Zealand
The provisional value of merchandise imports for November 2004 is $3,299 million, the highest monthly value ever recorded, according to Statistics New Zealand. The previous highest month occurred in November 2000, when a ferry was imported. The ... More >>
Partial Monetary Value Placed on Freshwater
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 12:23 am | Statistics New Zealand
The first Water Monetary Stock Report, released today by Statistics New Zealand, shows an indicative value of $1.4 billion for freshwater in the year ended June 2003. This figure includes the value of water for irrigation, local authority water supply ... More >>
Internal Demand Maintains Economic Growth
Wednesday, 22 December 2004, 11:01 am | Statistics New Zealand
Economic activity increased 0.6 percent in the September 2004 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. This follows increases of 0.8 and 2.1 percent in the June 2004 and March 2004 quarters, respectively. More >>
Current Account Deficit Continues to Widen
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 11:00 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted Balance of Payments current account deficit was $3,089 million in the September 2004 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. The deficit increased $1,109 million from the June 2004 quarter to the September 2004 quarter, and represents ... More >>
It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without Statistics!
Monday, 20 December 2004, 11:25 am | Statistics New Zealand
Many thanks for your work in reporting Statistics New Zealand data during the year. Here are some Christmas facts for use in your work ... More >>
External Migration: November 2004
Monday, 20 December 2004, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 220,600 short-term overseas visitor arrivals to New Zealand in November 2004, an increase of 8,900 (4 percent) on November 2003, according to Statistics New Zealand. In November 2004, there were more visitors from Australia (up 4,000 ... More >>
Local Authority Rates Income Increases
Friday, 17 December 2004, 12:17 am | Statistics New Zealand
Rates, petrol tax, licence fees and fines increased $42.0 million to reach $763.7 million in the September 2004 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. This was a 5.8 percent increase compared with the June 2004 quarter and reflects the new ... More >>
National Population Projections: 2004
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 3:02 pm | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand's population is projected to increase by almost one million people between 2004 and 2051, according to the 2004-base national population projections released by Statistics New Zealand. This will see the five million population mark surpassed ... More >>
Number of Businesses Continues to Grow
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 11:28 am | Statistics New Zealand
There was a 9.9 percent increase in the number of businesses as at February 2004 compared with February 2003, according to Statistics New Zealand. Business numbers. More >>
Manufacturing: September 2004 quarter
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 11:31 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted manufacturing sales for the September 2004 quarter decreased 1.4 percent compared with the June 2004 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. More >>
Retail Trade Survey: October 2004
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 11:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total retail sales increased 0.4 percent in October 2004, compared with September 2004, according to Statistics New Zealand. Twenty-two of the 24 retail storetypes recorded small dollar value movements. Only supermarket and grocery stores, ... More >>
Food Prices Fall in November
Monday, 13 December 2004, 12:22 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices fell by 0.1 percent in November 2004, according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. Lower prices for fruit and vegetables; and grocery food, soft drinks and confectionery were partly offset by higher prices for meat, fish ... More >>
Export Volumes Fall 8.7 Percent
Friday, 10 December 2004, 11:36 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted merchandise export volumes fell 8.7 percent in the September 2004 quarter, according to latest Overseas Trade Index figures released by Statistics New Zealand. The dairy products index was the main contributor to the fall, down ... More >>
International Guest Nights Increase
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 11:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
Guest nights spent by international visitors in short-term commercial accommodation were 6 percent higher in October 2004 than in October 2003, according to Statistics New Zealand. Visitors from Australia (up 23,000 or 8 percent) and UK/Ireland (up ... More >>
Value of Non-Residential Building Work Up
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 12:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted value of non-residential building work put in place increased 5 percent from the June 2004 quarter to the September 2004 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. More >>
Low Dairy Exports Moderate Exports Growth
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
The updated value of merchandise exports for October 2004 is $2,492 million, which is 8.8 percent higher than October 2003, according to Statistics New Zealand. Despite the higher value of exports during the current month, exports of dairy products were ... More >>
Hydro and Wind Electricity Generation Up
Monday, 6 December 2004, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
Electricity generation by hydro and wind was 27.4 percent higher in the September 2004 quarter than in the September 2003 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. Hydro and wind generation reached 7,663 gigawatt hours in the September 2004 quarter, ... More >>
Wholesale Trade Trend Continues Rise
Friday, 3 December 2004, 11:04 am | Statistics New Zealand
The sales trend in the wholesale industry rose 1.5 percent in the September 2004 quarter, compared with the June 2004 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. This is the fourth consecutive quarter recording trend growth greater than 1 percent. More >>
Crown Research Institute Sales Up
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand's nine Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) earned $256.8 million in sales during the year ended 30 June 2004, Statistics New Zealand figures show. This is an increase of $22.1 million on the previous June year. The CRIs received $265.2 ... More >>
Sheep Numbers Decrease
Wednesday, 1 December 2004, 11:12 am | Statistics New Zealand
Sheep numbers decreased to 39.0 million at 30 June 2004, according to provisional 2004 Agricultural Production Survey results released by Statistics New Zealand. This is 1.7 percent lower than the 39.7 million recorded at 30 June 2003. At 30 June 2004, ... More >>
