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New Zealand Is Getting Drier
Thursday, 27 May 2021, 10:43 am | Statistics New Zealand
While there is natural variation in precipitation due to seasons and cycles, New Zealand appears to be getting drier, Stats NZ said today. Average annual rainfall for the five years 2016–2020 was 3.1 percent below the previous five-year average ... More >>
Stats NZ And Information Release: Effects Of COVID-19 On Trade: At 19 May 2021 (provisional)
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 12:04 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Effects of COVID-19 on trade is a weekly update on New Zealand’s daily goods trade with the world. Comparing the values with previous years shows the potential impacts of COVID-19. The data is provisional and should be regarded as an early, indicative ... More >>
Vehicles And Crude Oil Lead Large Rise In Imports
Wednesday, 26 May 2021, 10:43 am | Statistics New Zealand
A large rise in total goods imports in April 2021 was led by vehicles and crude oil, Stats NZ said today. The value of goods imports in April 2021 rose $1.0 billion (26 percent) from April 2020 to reach $5.0 billion. “The rise in import values ... More >>
Effects Of COVID-19 On Trade: At 12 May 2021 (provisional)
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 12:01 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Effects of COVID-19 on trade is a weekly update on New Zealand’s daily goods trade with the world. Comparing the values with previous years shows the potential impacts of COVID-19. The data is provisional and should be regarded as an early, indicative ... More >>
Electricity Prices Spike In March Quarter
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 10:49 am | Statistics New Zealand
Prices paid by electricity and gas supply producers rose 28.7 percent in the March 2021 quarter, while prices they received for production increased 17.4 percent, Stats NZ said today. “Lower lake levels in the South Island have driven up wholesale ... More >>
Māori Population Estimates: Mean Year Ended 31 December 2020 – Information Release
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 10:49 am | Statistics New Zealand
Estimates of the Māori ethnic population of New Zealand by age and sex. Key facts This release contains the first provisional estimate of the national Māori ethnic population for the mean year ended 31 December 2020 and includes an update to the ... More >>
Births And Deaths: Year Ended March 2021 – Infoshare Tables
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 10:46 am | Statistics New Zealand
In the year ended March 2021, compared with the year ended March 2020: there were 57,105 live births registered, down from 59,238 there were 32,907 deaths registered, down from 34,518 the total fertility rate was 1.60 births per woman, ... More >>
National Population Estimates: At 31 March 2021 – Infoshare Tables
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 10:43 am | Statistics New Zealand
Key facts The resident population was estimated to be 5,116,300 at 31 March 2021, up 33,300 (or 0.65 percent) from 31 March 2020. By comparison, the population was 5,083,100 at 31 March 2020, up 2.37 percent from 31 March 2019. In the year ended ... More >>
Effects Of COVID-19 On Trade: At 5 May 2021
Friday, 14 May 2021, 12:00 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Effects of COVID-19 on trade is a weekly update on New Zealand’s daily goods trade with the world. Comparing the values with previous years shows the potential impacts of COVID-19. The data is provisional and should be regarded as an early, indicative ... More >>
Lower Job Security Linked To Lower Life Satisfaction
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 10:41 am | Statistics New Zealand
People who feel their employment is insecure are more likely than other employed people to rate their overall life satisfaction poorly, Stats NZ said today. New survey data from the March 2021 quarter shows that 26 percent of employed people who thought ... More >>
Drought Causes Fall In Sheep Numbers
Friday, 7 May 2021, 10:39 am | Statistics New Zealand
The number of sheep fell by three percent in the year ended June 2020, Stats NZ said today. Final figures show that there were 26 million sheep in total – a fall of 800,000 from the previous year and a far cry from the peak of 70 million sheep ... More >>
Consents For New Homes At All-time High
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 10:43 am | Statistics New Zealand
A record 41,028 new homes have been consented in the year ended March 2021, Stats NZ said today. The previous record for the annual number of new homes consented was 40,025 in the year ended February 1974. “Within 10 years the number of new homes ... More >>
Effects Of COVID-19 On Trade: At 28 April 2021 (provisional)
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 11:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
Effects of COVID-19 on trade is a weekly update on New Zealand’s daily goods trade with the world. Comparing the values with previous years shows the potential impacts of COVID-19. The data is provisional and should be regarded as an early, indicative ... More >>
Unemployment Declines As Underutilisation Rises
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 10:39 am | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.7 percent in the March 2021 quarter, continuing to fall from its recent peak of 5.2 percent in the September 2020 quarter but remaining high compared with recent years, Stats NZ said today. ... More >>
Home Transfers Up By A Third
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 11:04 am | Statistics New Zealand
Home transfers in the March 2021 quarter were up by one-third compared with the same period last year, Stats NZ said today. There were 44,586 home transfers in the March 2021 quarter, down from the high of 51,504 seen in the December 2020 quarter ... More >>
Employment Indicators: March 2021
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 10:42 am | Statistics New Zealand
Key facts Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for March 2021 (compared with February 2021) were: all industries – up 0.2 percent (4,688 jobs) primary industries – down 0.6 percent (649 jobs) goods-producing ... More >>
Effects Of COVID-19 On Trade: At 21 April 2021 (provisional)
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 12:03 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Effects of COVID-19 on trade is a weekly update on New Zealand’s daily goods trade with the world. Comparing the values with previous years shows the potential impacts of COVID-19. The data is provisional and should be regarded as an early, indicative ... More >>
Updated Statistical Standard For Gender, Sex, And Variations Of Sex Characteristics Released
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 12:19 pm | Statistics New Zealand
An updated statistical standard will inform how agencies collect and report information on gender, sex, and variations of sex characteristics, Stats NZ said today. The refreshed standard makes definitions and measures consistent, provides guidance for collecting ... More >>
Prices For Transport And Housing Rise In March 2021 Quarter
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 10:46 am | Statistics New Zealand
Higher prices for transport and housing led to a 0.8 percent lift in the consumers price index in the March 2021 quarter, Stats NZ said today. Prices for getting around rose in the March quarter. Transport prices rose 3.9 percent, the biggest quarterly ... More >>
Growth In Life Expectancy Slows
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 11:00 am | Statistics New Zealand
Life expectancy continues to increase, although the change over time has slowed, Stats NZ said today. Life expectancy at birth for the population as a whole is 80.0 years for males, and 83.5 years for females, based on death rates in 2017–2019. ... More >>
