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Large Trade Deficit Indicated for January
Friday, 28 February 2003, 1:04 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The estimated merchandise trade deficit for January 2003 is $399 million, according to Statistics New Zealand. As a percentage of exports, the deficit, at 19.6 percent, is the largest January deficit since 1986. The value of both exports and imports ... More >>
Producers' Output Prices Fall 0.1 Percent
Friday, 28 February 2003, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
Producers' output prices fell 0.1 percent while input prices rose 0.3 percent in the December 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand's Producers Price Index (PPI). More >>
Dwelling Units Reach Highest January for 29 years
Thursday, 27 February 2003, 11:25 am | Statistics New Zealand
Consents were issued for 1,995 new dwelling units in January 2003 according to Statistics New Zealand. This is the highest January total for new dwelling units since 1974. By comparison, consents were issued for 1,486 new dwelling units in January 2002, ... More >>
District Health Boards' Deficit Increases
Wednesday, 26 February 2003, 11:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
The hospital and health service (HHS) provider functions of New Zealand's 21 district health boards (DHBs) have recorded a combined seasonally adjusted operating deficit of $64.0 million in the December 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. ... More >>
Farm Expenses Price Index Unchanged
Tuesday, 25 February 2003, 12:09 am | Statistics New Zealand
The Farm Expenses Price Index showed no change in the December 2002 quarter compared with a 0.5 increase in the September 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. This follows 13 consecutive quarterly increases since the September 1999 quarter. ... More >>
Increases in Alcohol and Tobacco for Consumption
Monday, 24 February 2003, 1:07 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The total volume of alcoholic beverage available for consumption rose by 4.6 percent in the December 2002 year, according to Statistics New Zealand. All beverage types contributed to the increase of 19.2 million litres from the level of the December ... More >>
Capital Goods Prices Rise
Friday, 21 February 2003, 3:28 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Capital goods prices rose 0.2 percent in the December 2002 quarter compared with the September 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. On an annual basis, the Capital Goods Price Index rose 0.9 percent from the December 2001 quarter to ... More >>
Sheep Numbers Continue to Decline
Friday, 21 February 2003, 3:22 pm | Statistics New Zealand
There were 39.2 million sheep in New Zealand at 30 June 2002, the lowest recorded level since 1955, according to provisional results from Statistics New Zealand's 2002 Agricultural Production Census. There has been a steady decline in sheep numbers ... More >>
International Arrivals and Departures Exceed 6.8 M
Thursday, 20 February 2003, 11:38 am | Statistics New Zealand
Annual total passenger arrivals and departures (consisting of overseas visitors, New Zealand residents and migrants) reached 6.82 million in the December 2002 year, according to Statistics New Zealand. These flows consisted of 3.44 million arrivals ... More >>
Statistics New Zealand Mäori Scholar for 2003
Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 11:40 am | Statistics New Zealand
Vicki Kimberley (Ngäti Raukawa), a second-year student at Massey University, Palmerston North, is the winner of Statistics New Zealand’s Te Tari Tatau Scholarship for 2003. More >>
New Profiles on Pacific Communities
Tuesday, 18 February 2003, 11:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
Statistics New Zealand today released Pacific Profiles 2001 – a series providing statistics on the seven largest Pacific ethnic groups in New Zealand. More >>
Number of Births Continues to Decline
Monday, 17 February 2003, 11:11 am | Statistics New Zealand
About 54,000 live births were registered in New Zealand in the December 2002 year, 1,800 or 3 percent fewer than in the December 2001 year (55,800), Statistics New Zealand reported today. More >>
Food Prices Rise 0.8 Percent
Friday, 14 February 2003, 11:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices rose 0.8 percent in January 2003, according to latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. The most significant increase in January 2003 came from higher fruit and vegetable prices (up 3.2 percent). These were driven by increased ... More >>
Further Growth in Quarterly Retail Sales
Thursday, 13 February 2003, 11:13 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total retail sales increased 1.4 percent in the December 2002 quarter compared with the September 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. This was the result of monthly increases of 0.8 percent in October, 0.5 percent in ... More >>
Trend in Guest Nights Continues to Increase
Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 11:34 am | Statistics New Zealand
The underlying trend in total guest nights in short-term commercial accommodation has been increasing since May 1998, according to Statistics New Zealand. The total guest nights trend is 6 percent higher in December 2002, when compared with December ... More >>
Accommodation Survey December 2002
Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 11:26 am | Statistics New Zealand
Total guest nights trend is 6 percent higher in December 2002 when compared with December 2001. More >>
Unemployment Rate at 4.9 Percent
Tuesday, 11 February 2003, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 4.9 percent in the December 2002 quarter, falling 0.5 percentage points from the September 2002 quarter figure of 5.4 percent, according to Statistics New Zealand's Household Labour Force Survey. More >>
Export Values Continue to Decrease
Tuesday, 11 February 2003, 6:31 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted value of merchandise exports decreased 3.4 percent in the December 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. This is the third consecutive quarter to record a decrease. Decreases were recorded in the December 2002 quarter ... More >>
New Zealand's Population Nears 4 Million
Friday, 7 February 2003, 1:11 pm | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand's estimated resident population at 31 December 2002 was 3,975,600 – just 24,400 short of the four million mark, according to the latest population estimates released by Statistics New Zealand. This represents an increase of 63,400 or 1.6 ... More >>
Growth in Wage Rates Continues
Wednesday, 5 February 2003, 11:22 am | Statistics New Zealand
Figures released from Statistics New Zealand's Labour Cost Index (LCI) and Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) show further growth in wages and the demand for labour in the December 2002 quarter. More >>
