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International Guest Nights Up 12 Percent
Wednesday, 12 June 2002, 4:02 pm | Statistics New Zealand
International guests spent 1.0 million guest nights in short-term commercial accommodation in April 2002, according to Statistics New Zealand. This figure is 12 percent above the April 2001 level. Guests from all country groupings, except North America (down ... More >>
Terms of Trade Rise
Wednesday, 12 June 2002, 3:39 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The merchandise terms of trade rose 1.5 percent in the March 2002 quarter, according to the latest Overseas Trade Indexes released by Statistics New Zealand. This rise in the merchandise terms of trade is due to import prices falling more than export ... More >>
Abortions Increase In 2001
Tuesday, 11 June 2002, 5:34 pm | Statistics New Zealand
There were 16,400 abortions performed in New Zealand during the December 2001 year, 300 or 1.9 percent more than in 2000, Statistics New Zealand reported today. A growing proportion of these abortions are repeat abortions. In 2001, 34.0 percent of all ... More >>
Electricity Generation Higher
Monday, 10 June 2002, 11:35 am | Statistics New Zealand
Total electricity generation, after adjusting for seasonal variations, increased 0.9 percent in the March 2002 quarter compared with the December 2001 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. More >>
April Retail Sales Increase 2.6 Percent
Friday, 7 June 2002, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted total retail sales increased 2.6 percent in April 2002 compared with March 2002, according to Statistics New Zealand. Seasonally adjusted sales for the core retailing group (which excludes the motor vehicle retailing and services ... More >>
Trade Balance Declines
Thursday, 6 June 2002, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
The updated value of merchandise exports for April 2002 is $2,774 million, according to latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. The exports trend is growing at a slower rate than the imports trend. The monthly trend in the merchandise trade ... More >>
Disability Survey (4) People in Residential Care
Wednesday, 5 June 2002, 5:05 pm | Statistics New Zealand
An estimated 27,300 disabled adults were living in residential care in 2001; they comprised 4 percent of all disabled adults in New Zealand. Ninety-seven percent of adults living in residential care had a disability. The large majority of adults ... More >>
Building Construction Activity Steady
Tuesday, 4 June 2002, 10:12 am | Statistics New Zealand
The value of all building work put in place was $1,650.3 million in the March 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. The trend series for the value of all building work put in place has shown little change since the December 2001 quarter, ... More >>
March Quarter Wholesale Activity Increases
Tuesday, 4 June 2002, 10:12 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted wholesale sales for the March 2002 quarter increased 0.9 percent, compared with the December 2001 quarter, according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. This follows a decrease of 0.3 percent in the December 2001 quarter ... More >>
Information Technology Use In New Zealand
Thursday, 30 May 2002, 3:29 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Thirty-six percent of New Zealand businesses operated a website in 2001, according to Information Technology Use in New Zealand, a new report published by Statistics New Zealand. However, sales of goods and services over the Internet represented only ... More >>
Producers' Output Prices Rise
Tuesday, 28 May 2002, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
Producers' output prices rose (0.4 percent) while input prices fell slightly (0.1 percent) in the March 2002 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand's Producers Price Index (PPI). Output prices have not decreased since the June 1999 quarter, ... More >>
April Imports Rise
Monday, 27 May 2002, 11:11 am | Statistics New Zealand
The provisional value of merchandise imports for April 2002 is $2,771 million, according to latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. The imports trend continues to indicate growth. More >>
DHBs' Operating Expenditure Falls
Friday, 24 May 2002, 3:28 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The hospital and health service (HHS) provider functions of New Zealand's 21 district health boards (DHBs) have recorded a fall in their operating expenditure for the first time since June 1998 according to Statistics New Zealand. Total seasonally ... More >>
Farm Input Prices Rise
Wednesday, 22 May 2002, 3:50 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The Farm Expenses Price Index rose 1.6 percent in the March 2002 quarter, compared with the December 2001 quarter, according to the latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. The index is now 4.8 percent higher than in the March 2001 quarter. More >>
Visitor Arrivals Down 6 Percent
Tuesday, 21 May 2002, 3:46 pm | Statistics New Zealand
There were 143,900 short-term overseas visitor arrivals in New Zealand in April 2002, down 9,300 or 6 percent on April 2001, according to Statistics New Zealand. Part of this decrease is because the Easter holidays, which fell in the middle of April ... More >>
Capital Goods Prices Rise
Monday, 20 May 2002, 5:04 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Capital goods prices rose 0.5 percent in the March 2002 quarter compared with the December 2001 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. On an annual basis the Capital Goods Price Index rose 1.6 percent from the March 2001 quarter to the March ... More >>
Pacific Peoples Summary Disability Survey Snapshot
Friday, 17 May 2002, 4:27 pm | Statistics New Zealand
- Pacific boys (0 to 14 years) are more likely to have a disability than Pacific girls. More >>
Fewer Marriages Registered
Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 3:08 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Marriages registered in New Zealand in the year ended 31 December 2001 totalled 20,000, about 700 (or 3 percent) fewer than in 2000 (20,700), according to Statistics New Zealand. Over the same period, the marriage rate (number of marriages per 1,000 not-married ... More >>
Food Prices Flat in April
Monday, 13 May 2002, 11:31 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices showed little change (up 0.1 percent) in April 2002, according to latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. Higher fruit and vegetable prices, and restaurant meal and ready-to-eat food prices were partly offset by falls in grocery ... More >>
Accommodation Survey: March 2002
Friday, 10 May 2002, 3:21 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Guest Nights Up Guests spent 3.1 million nights in short-term commercial accommodation in March 2002, according to Statistics New Zealand. This figure is 17 percent above the March 2001 level. Part of this increase may be due to the timing of the Easter ... More >>
