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2001 Census Snapshot
Tuesday, 2 April 2002, 11:34 am | Statistics New Zealand
One in 10 New Zealand residents lived in Auckland City at the time of the 2001 Census, according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. The population count of our largest city reached 367,737 usuaresidents, followed by Christchurch (316,227), ... More >>
Internal Demand Lifts Economy
Thursday, 28 March 2002, 11:10 am | Statistics New Zealand
Economic activity increased by 0.6 percent in the December 2001 quarter, according to information released today by Statistics New Zealand. The rise in activity this quarter reflects higher consumer spending coupled with a rise in new housing investment ... More >>
Balance Of Payments And International Investment
Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
Balance of Payments Deficit Increases Statistics New Zealand today reported a $1,842 million December 2001 quarter current account deficit. This is $28 million smaller than the December 2000 deficit. However, after adjusting for seasonal factors, the ... More >>
Overseas Merchandise Trade (Imports): Feb 2000
Wednesday, 27 March 2002, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
Imports Trend Continues to Rise The provisional value of merchandise imports for February 2002 is $2,351 million, according to latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. The imports trend indicates continued growth for the latest four months, ... More >>
New High for February Visitor Arrivals
Thursday, 21 March 2002, 3:34 pm | Statistics New Zealand
There were 212,200 short-term overseas visitor arrivals in New Zealand in February 2002, up 12,400 or 6 percent on February 2001, according to Statistics New Zealand. This was the first February month with more than 200,000 short-term visitor arrivals. ... More >>
Information Technology Sales Growth Continues
Wednesday, 20 March 2002, 4:07 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Information Technology Sales Growth Continues Sales of information technology (IT) goods and services (excluding communication services) were $6.8 billion for the 2001 financial year, according to Statistics New Zealand's Information Technology Survey. ... More >>
Local Authority Surplus Up
Friday, 15 March 2002, 3:51 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Local authorities recorded a $76.8 million seasonally adjusted surplus of current revenue over current expenditure in the December 2001 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. The latest quarterly local authority survey shows the surplus was $21.7 ... More >>
Manufacturing Sales Steady
Thursday, 14 March 2002, 3:39 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted manufacturing sales for the December 2001 quarter increased by 0.1 percent, compared with the September 2001 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. Sales peaked in the June 2001 quarter after a sustained period of growth ... More >>
January Trade Deficit Confirmed
Thursday, 14 March 2002, 11:47 am | Statistics New Zealand
The updated value of the merchandise trade balance for the January 2002 month is a deficit of $265 million, according to latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. This replaces the early estimate published on 28 February 2002. This deficit ... More >>
Food Prices Fall 0.5 Percent
Wednesday, 13 March 2002, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices fell 0.5 percent in February 2002, according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. The decrease in February was mainly due to lower prices for a wide range of grocery food items and a fall in fresh vegetable prices. More >>
Backpacker Guest Nights Up 9 Percent
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 3:25 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Backpackers/hostels recorded 9 percent more guest nights in January 2002 than in January 2001, according to Statistics New Zealand. Over the same period, backpackers/hostels in 10 of the 12 regions recorded their highest monthly total for guest nights since ... More >>
Terms Of Trade Fall
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 11:17 am | Statistics New Zealand
The merchandise terms of trade fell in the December 2001 quarter, according to the latest Overseas Trade Indexes released by Statistics New Zealand. The 2.2 percent decrease in the merchandise terms of trade is due to export prices falling while ... More >>
Retail Sales Continue to Grow
Monday, 11 March 2002, 11:12 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted retail sales increased 0.5 percent in January 2002, compared with December 2001, according to Statistics New Zealand. The core retailing group (which excludes the motor vehicle services and retailing storetypes) increased 0.9 ... More >>
Gas Production Higher In December 2001 Year
Thursday, 7 March 2002, 5:13 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Gas production increased 5.6 percent in the December 2001 year compared with the December 2000 year, according to Statistics New Zealand. This is the third consecutive December year in which gas production has increased. Production of 258,000 terajoules ... More >>
Visitor Arrivals From The US Up 38 Percent
Thursday, 7 March 2002, 5:12 pm | Statistics New Zealand
There were 204,700 short-term overseas visitor arrivals in New Zealand in January 2002, up 7,000 or 4 percent on January 2001, according to Statistics New Zealand. This was the first January month with more than 200,000 short-term visitor arrivals. ... More >>
Residential Construction Increases
Tuesday, 5 March 2002, 3:50 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The value of work put in place for residential buildings was $1,191.7 million in the December 2001 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. The trend in residential buildings has increased by 14.0 percent from the September 2001 quarter. The trend ... More >>
Public Hospital Costs Exceed $1 Billion
Monday, 4 March 2002, 9:45 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted operating costs incurred by the hospital and health service (HHS) provider function of New Zealand's 21 District Health Boards rose 2.5 percent or $24.9 million in the December 2001 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand. ... More >>
December Quarter Wholesale Sales Unchanged
Friday, 1 March 2002, 4:32 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted wholesale sales for the December 2001 quarter remained unchanged, compared with the September 2001 quarter, according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. This follows a decline in the September quarter after 11 consecutive ... More >>
Producers' Output Prices Unchanged
Thursday, 28 February 2002, 11:30 am | Statistics New Zealand
Producers' input prices fell slightly while output prices remained unchanged in the December 2001 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand's Producers Price Index (PPI). On an annual basis, input prices increased 1.8 percent from the December ... More >>
Imports Trend Rises
Thursday, 28 February 2002, 11:29 am | Statistics New Zealand
The provisional value of merchandise imports for January 2002 is $2,545 million, according to latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. The imports trend indicates increasing growth for the latest three months, following falls for the ... More >>
