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Primary Products and Petrol Lift Wholesale Sales
Tuesday, 30 May 2000, 3:06 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Wholesale sales increased by 1.5 per cent in the March 2000 quarter according to figures released today by Statistics New Zealand. The trend in wholesaling sales activity has now been increasing since September of 1998. More >>
Farm Expenses Price Index: March 2000 quarter
Friday, 26 May 2000, 4:14 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Farm input prices increased 1.7 per cent in the March 2000 quarter according to Statistics New Zealand's Farm Expenses Price Index. This contributed to a 2.1 per cent rise for the year, said Deputy Government Statistician Ian Ewing. More >>
Prices Increase as Dollar Falls
Friday, 26 May 2000, 11:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
The average price level for business inputs and outputs has again increased according to Statistics New Zealand's March 2000 quarter Producers Price Index. This continues a pattern of increases apparent since the June 1999 quarter, says Deputy Government ... More >>
March Quarter Public Hospitals Financial Stats
Thursday, 25 May 2000, 3:08 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Hospital and Health Service (HHS) providers recorded a $0.3 million operating surplus for the March 2000 quarter. Figures released today by Statistics New Zealand show a $1.2 million decline on the $1.5 million surplus recorded in the March 1999 quarter, ... More >>
Falling Dollar Affects Capital Asset Prices
Wednesday, 24 May 2000, 3:08 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The depreciating New Zealand dollar continued to affect capital asset prices in the March 2000 quarter, said Deputy Government Statistician Ian Ewing when releasing the latest Capital Goods Price Index. More >>
Overseas Merchandise Trade (Imports): April 2000
Wednesday, 24 May 2000, 11:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
The rate of growth in the imports trend has slowed in recent months. Figures released today by Statistics New Zealand show that since November 1999 the monthly rate of growth in the exports trend has exceeded the growth in the imports trend, resulting ... More >>
Retail Sales Indicator: April 2000
Monday, 22 May 2000, 3:14 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted Retail Sales Indicator for April is $3,554 million according to Statistics New Zealand. These early estimates of retail sales suggest growth of 0.2 per cent on the March result. April sales, excluding the motor vehicle sales ... More >>
Visitors up 18 Per Cent
Friday, 19 May 2000, 4:04 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Overseas visitor arrivals numbered 143,680 in April 2000, a jump of 22,130 or 18 per cent compared with April 1999, according to Statistics New Zealand. Australia (up 7,400) contributed a third of this increase and Europe (up 7,260) another third. ... More >>
Public Support Keeps Census Planning on Track
Thursday, 18 May 2000, 3:30 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Over 26,000 people who took part in the Census dress rehearsal were thanked today by Government Statistician, Len Cook. The dress rehearsal took place in parts of Tauranga, Gisborne, the Hutt Valley and Wainuiomata. It is the final large-scale ... More >>
Increase in Construction Activity in March Quarter
Wednesday, 17 May 2000, 3:48 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The March 2000 quarter seasonally adjusted value of building work put in place was 13.7 per cent higher than the December 1999 quarter according to Statistics New Zealand. A seasonally adjusted 20.9 per cent rise in residential construction work is the ... More >>
Estimate of New Dwelling Units: April 2000
Wednesday, 17 May 2000, 3:46 pm | Statistics New Zealand
An estimated 1,423 new dwelling units were authorised in April 2000, the lowest monthly total since January 1994 according to Statistics New Zealand. The underlying trend decreased for the ninth consecutive month. Prior to the decreases there were 11-months ... More >>
Looking Past the 20th Century: May 2000
Wednesday, 17 May 2000, 3:45 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Significant global changes and local circumstances are driving New Zealand's future, Government Statistician Len Cook says in his final publication as head of Statistics New Zealand. More >>
Marriages increase again
Monday, 15 May 2000, 2:49 pm | Statistics New Zealand
There were more marriages and fewer marriage dissolutions in 1999 than in 1998, according to Statistics New Zealand's latest marriage and divorce statistics. More >>
Accommodation Growth Continues
Friday, 12 May 2000, 3:49 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Nights spent by guests in commercial accommodation were 7 per cent higher in March 2000 than in March 1999. A 5 per cent increase in international visitors over the same period contributed to the rise. More >>
Wage Rates Growth Steady Despite Increase in Hours
Friday, 12 May 2000, 11:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
Labour Cost Index and Quarterly Employment Survey figures, released together by Statistics New Zealand, show continued growth in paid hours and filled jobs have not yet led to an increase in wage inflation. More >>
Time Use Survey: Welfare And Health
Thursday, 11 May 2000, 3:47 pm | Statistics New Zealand
A major activity for New Zealanders is looking after other household members according to data from the 1999 Time Use Survey. Those aged 12 and over spend an estimated 1.6 million hours per day doing caring work for other household members as a primary ... More >>
Food Prices Decrease in April
Thursday, 11 May 2000, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices in April 2000 were 0.5 per cent lower than in March 2000 according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. Grocery food, soft drinks and confectionery prices made the most significant contribution to the decrease. The fruit and vegetables ... More >>
Retail Spending Eases in the March Quarter
Tuesday, 9 May 2000, 11:33 am | Statistics New Zealand
Retail sales figures for the March 2000 quarter show growth is easing after the strong September and December quarters according to Statistics New Zealand. Seasonally adjusted sales were $10,639 million, an increase of 1.0 per cent compared to the previous ... More >>
Fewer New Zealand babies
Thursday, 4 May 2000, 3:08 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The number of live births registered in New Zealand in the March 2000 year totalled 57,909, about 2,400 or 4 per cent fewer than the peak of 60,331 recorded nearly a decade earlier in 1992. This drop is partly due to a decrease in the number of women ... More >>
Unemployment Rate at 6.4 Per Cent
Thursday, 4 May 2000, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Household Labour Force Survey: March 2000 quarter The March 2000 quarter seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.4 per cent according to Statistics New Zealand's Household Labour Force Survey, the official measure of unemployment. This compares ... More >>
