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Electricity Generation Continues To Increase
Tuesday, 3 September 2002, 3:52 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Total electricity generation, after adjusting for seasonal variations, increased 1.3 percent in the June 2002 quarter compared with the March 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. Hydro generation accounted for 57 percent of the electricity ... More >>
Residential Construction Increasing
Friday, 30 August 2002, 3:25 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The trend in the value of building work put in place on residential construction increased 2.5 percent in the June 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. The trend series for residential building work put in place has been increasing since ... More >>
Wholesale Activity Increases in June Quarter
Friday, 30 August 2002, 3:24 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted wholesale sales for the June 2002 quarter increased 0.5 percent, compared with the March 2002 quarter, according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. This follows an increase of 1.0 percent in the March 2002 quarter and ... More >>
Producers' Output And Input Prices Rise
Wednesday, 28 August 2002, 1:59 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Producers' output and input prices both increased in the June 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand's Producers Price Index (PPI). The PPI outputs index, which measures changes in prices received by producers, rose 0.5 percent in the June 2002 ... More >>
Car Imports Rise
Tuesday, 27 August 2002, 11:06 am | Statistics New Zealand
In July 2002, 19,464 new and used cars with a value of $293 million were imported, the highest monthly value recorded, according to Statistics New Zealand. The highest number was recorded in July 1996 when 20,650 new and used cars (with a value of $224 ... More >>
Farm Input Prices Rise
Monday, 26 August 2002, 4:24 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The Farm Expenses Price Index rose 1.5 percent in the June 2002 quarter compared with the March 2002 quarter, according to the latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. The index is now 4.5 percent higher than in the June 2001 quarter. More >>
District Health Boards' Operating Deficit Increase
Friday, 23 August 2002, 3:14 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Provisional results for the June 2002 year show that the operating deficit of the hospital and health service (HHS) provider function of district health boards has reached $217.0 million, according to Statistics New Zealand. Rising expenditure combined ... More >>
High Number of New Dwelling Consents
Friday, 23 August 2002, 3:12 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Consents were issued for 2,738 new dwelling units in July 2002, according to Statistics New Zealand. The number of new dwelling consents has increased to a similar level to that recorded in September 1999. The trend series for the number of new dwelling ... More >>
Capital Goods Prices Rise
Thursday, 22 August 2002, 3:09 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Capital goods prices rose 0.2 percent in the June 2002 quarter compared with the March 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. On an annual basis, the Capital Goods Price Index (CGPI) rose 1.4 percent from the June 2001 quarter to the ... More >>
More Overseas Visitors And Longer Stays
Wednesday, 21 August 2002, 3:14 pm | Statistics New Zealand
There were 152,200 short-term overseas visitor arrivals in New Zealand in July 2002, up 7,800 (or 5 percent) on July 2001, according to Statistics New Zealand. More visitors came from Australia (up 4,500 or 9 percent), China (up 1,200 or 25 percent), Japan ... More >>
Good Response to the 2002 Agricultural Census
Monday, 19 August 2002, 3:42 pm | Statistics New Zealand
There has been an excellent response to the 2002 Agricultural Census, with over 60,000 farmers and growers having already returned their questionnaires, according to Statistics New Zealand. Government Statistician Brian Pink thanked all farmers ... More >>
USA, Australia And The UK Main Investment Partners
Friday, 16 August 2002, 1:30 pm | Statistics New Zealand
At 31 March 2002, New Zealand investors had investments valued at $25.1 billion in the United States of America, Statistics New Zealand's latest country analysis of international investment relationships shows. More >>
Food Prices Rise 0.6 Percent
Tuesday, 13 August 2002, 11:49 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices rose 0.6 percent in July 2002, according to latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. Price increases were recorded for fruit and vegetables; meat, fish and poultry; and restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food. More >>
Guest Nights Continue to Increase
Monday, 12 August 2002, 4:36 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Guests spent 1.6 million nights in short-term commercial accommodation during June 2002, according to Statistics New Zealand. This figure is 7 percent above the June 2001 level. More >>
New Survey Sheds Light on NZers' Assets and Debts
Friday, 9 August 2002, 3:09 pm | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealanders aged 18 and older have an estimated total net worth of $367 billion with a median value of $60,000, according to a new survey conducted by Statistics New Zealand on behalf of the Retirement Commission. More >>
Unemployment Rate at 5.1 Percent
Thursday, 8 August 2002, 11:20 am | Statistics New Zealand
There has been continued growth in overall labour supply, reflecting ongoing labour demand and net gains in permanent and long-term migration, according to Statistics New Zealand's June 2002 quarter Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS). The working ... More >>
Quarterly Retail Sales Growth Continues
Wednesday, 7 August 2002, 11:34 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total retail sales increased 2.3 percent in the June 2002 quarter compared with the March 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. This was due to a monthly decrease of 1.5 percent in May 2002, and monthly increases of 2.8 ... More >>
Steady Growth in Nominal Wage Rates
Monday, 5 August 2002, 1:45 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Labour Cost Index (LCI) figures for the June 2002 quarter show that growth in wage rates has continued at similar levels to that recorded in recent quarters, according to Statistics New Zealand. Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) figures, also released ... More >>
Psychiatric and Psychological Disabilities
Friday, 2 August 2002, 3:31 pm | Statistics New Zealand
People with a psychiatric or psychological disability have difficulty with, or are prevented from doing, everyday activities that people their age can usually do because of a long-term emotional, psychological or psychiatric condition. Everyday activities ... More >>
Half of Births to Older Mothers
Friday, 2 August 2002, 3:20 pm | Statistics New Zealand
In the June 2002 year, half of all newborn babies in New Zealand had a mother aged 30 years or older, Statistics New Zealand reported today. A decade earlier, in the June 1992 year, just over a third (36 percent) of births were to mothers aged 30 ... More >>
