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Rents Rise 1.0 Percent In November
Friday, 11 December 2020, 10:48 am | Statistics New Zealand
Rents rose in November for new tenancies, with higher rents in Wellington and parts of the South Island but lower rents in Canterbury, Stats NZ said today. In November 2020, the flow measure of rental properties with new tenancy bonds rose 1.0 percent ... More >>
Serious Injury Outcome Indicators: 2000–19
Friday, 11 December 2020, 10:45 am | Statistics New Zealand
Serious injury outcome indicators present the annual number and rate of serious injury outcomes in New Zealand, through a set of indicators for fatal and non-fatal injuries. The latest provisional data shows an overall rate of 233.4 serious non-fatal ... More >>
Strawberry Prices Squished As Exports Drop
Friday, 11 December 2020, 10:45 am | Statistics New Zealand
Strawberry prices fell 43 percent in November 2020 as COVID-19 border restrictions reduced exports, Stats NZ said today. Soaring air freight costs since COVID-19 border closures has made exporting products much more expensive, and a shortage of international ... More >>
Geographic Boundaries Annual Release: As At 1 January 2021
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
Geographic boundary data provides geographic boundaries in spatial formats and classifications in non-spatial formats. Access spatial datasets from Stats NZ geographic data service Use Stats NZ geographic data service to view, access, or download geographic boundary ... More >>
Effects Of COVID-19 On Trade: 1 February–2 December 2020 (provisional)
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 11:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
Effects of COVID-19 on trade is a weekly update on New Zealand’s daily goods trade with the world from 1 February 2020. Comparing the values with previous years shows the potential impacts of COVID-19. The data is provisional and should be regarded ... More >>
Tourist Hotspots Struggling In September Quarter
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
Key tourism destinations such as Queenstown, Rotorua, and Auckland had some of the largest drops in filled jobs in the September 2020 quarter in the wake of COVID-19, Stats NZ said today. Queenstown-Lakes district had 1,155 fewer jobs in the September ... More >>
Construction Forges Ahead, But Services Lag Behind In Wake Of COVID-19
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
Construction industry sales in the September 2020 quarter were up almost 9 percent compared with the same quarter last year, despite the impact of COVID-19 in the first half of the year, Stats NZ said today. In contrast, sales for many industries servicing ... More >>
New Zealand's Population Could Reach 6 Million By 2050
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 10:40 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand’s population could hit 6 million by 2050, and could reach this milestone sooner depending on migration and birth rates, Stats NZ said today. Stats NZ has released projections of the population usually living in New Zealand. The new projections ... More >>
Building Activity Bounces Back
Friday, 4 December 2020, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
The volume of building activity bounced back to normal levels in the September 2020 quarter, following the significant drop in the COVID-hit June 2020 quarter, Stats NZ said today. Volume measures of building work put in place exclude the effects ... More >>
Impact Of COVID-19 On Residential Building Sentiments In Auckland
Friday, 4 December 2020, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
Builders, developers, and owners of home building projects in Auckland said they felt more affected by COVID-19 than those working on non-residential projects and projects outside Auckland, Stats NZ said today. Just over 3,500 respondents recently ... More >>
Te Whata Storehouse Of Iwi Data Welcomed By Stats NZ
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 2:53 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Te Whata – an online storehouse of data designed to make iwi data more relevant, accessible and useful for iwi needs – has been welcomed by Government Statistician and Stats NZ Chief Executive, Mark Sowden. “I’m delighted to see Te Whata in ... More >>
46-year High For New Home Consents
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 10:47 am | Statistics New Zealand
Almost 38,000 new homes were consented in the year to October 2020, the highest number since 1974, boosted by more townhouses, flats, and units, Stats NZ said today. The number of new homes consented in the year to October 2020 was 37,981, up 2.8 ... More >>
Effects Of COVID-19 On Trade: 1 February–25 November 2020 (provisional)
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 11:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
Effects of COVID-19 on trade is a weekly update on New Zealand’s daily goods trade with the world from 1 February 2020. Comparing the values with previous years shows the potential impacts of COVID-19. The data is provisional and should be regarded ... More >>
COVID-19 Keeps A Lid On International Travel
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 10:47 am | Statistics New Zealand
Kiwi travellers’ overseas spending in the September 2020 quarter fell almost $1.7 billion or 84 percent compared with the same time last year, as travel slowed to a trickle because of COVID-19, Stats NZ said today. Spending by New Zealand travellers ... More >>
Largest Drop In Terms Of Trade In A Decade As Dairy Export Prices Sour
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 10:45 am | Statistics New Zealand
Lower export prices for dairy, meat, and logs in the September 2020 quarter led to the biggest drop in terms of trade since June 2009, Stats NZ said today. Export prices fell in the September 2020 quarter, down 8.3 percent from its highest ever ... More >>
Election Boosts October Job Numbers
Monday, 30 November 2020, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Job numbers were boosted by general election staff in October 2020, along with rises in the manufacturing, retail, and hospitality industries, Stats NZ said today. Filled jobs rose by 27,667 to 2.2 million in October 2020 compared with September, after ... More >>
Annual Goods Trade Surplus At 28-year High
Thursday, 26 November 2020, 10:48 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand’s annual goods trade surplus reached a 28-year high of $2.2 billion as imports tumbled in the year ended October 2020, Stats NZ said today. “This is the largest annual surplus since the July 1992 year, driven mainly by much lower ... More >>
Retail Sales Recover In The September 2020 Quarter
Monday, 23 November 2020, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
Retail sales values recorded the largest September quarter rise since the series began in 1995, Stats NZ said today. Spending on major household items, vehicles, and groceries contributed to the strong 7.4 percent ($1.8 billion) rise in total ... More >>
National Accounts (industry Production And Investment): Year Ended March 2019
Friday, 20 November 2020, 10:48 am | Statistics New Zealand
The National accounts (industry production and investment) release contains a full reconciled set of detailed industry data on production, investment, and capital stock. It is used to update and maintain the quality of quarterly GDP statistics. Key facts ... More >>
Household Saving Only Just Positive
Friday, 20 November 2020, 10:47 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealanders are spending almost everything they earn, with only about $700 million in household saving in the March 2020 year, slightly less than in 2019, Stats NZ said today. “That’s the equivalent of each occupied household, numbering 1.79 ... More >>
