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Effects Of COVID-19 On Trade: 1 February–26 August 2020 (provisional)
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 12:08 pm | 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 Knocks Spending By Overseas Visitors And Students
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
Spending by overseas visitors and students within New Zealand fell by half in the June 2020 quarter, down to $1.8 billion compared with the same period a year ago, Stats NZ said today. Travel services spending has been New Zealand’s biggest services ... More >>
Export Prices Hit New High
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
Higher export prices for dairy, kiwifruit, and logs in the June 2020 quarter helped push overall export prices to their highest level since the series began, Stats NZ said today. The export price index rose 2.4 percent in the June 2020 quarter compared ... More >>
Consents For New Homes Remain High
Tuesday, 1 September 2020, 10:43 am | Statistics New Zealand
The number of new homes consented in July 2020 was 3,391, the third month in a row of relatively high numbers, after a fall in April during the COVID-19 alert level 4 lockdown, Stats NZ said today. “More than 10,000 new homes were consented in ... More >>
COVID-19 Lockdown And Value Of Building Work Put In Place For June 2020 Quarter
Friday, 28 August 2020, 12:02 pm | Statistics New Zealand
This page summarises the methodology we used to account for the effect of COVID-19 on building activity in both the March and June 2020 quarters. Value of building work put in place: June 2020 quarter will be published on 4 September 2020, with ... More >>
Mid-winter Fall In Job Numbers
Friday, 28 August 2020, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Job numbers fell in July, largely reflecting seasonal rather than COVID-19 related effects, Stats NZ said today. Filled jobs were down by 7,418 in July compared with June 2020, to 2.2 million. This follows rises in May and June as COVID-19 restrictions ... More >>
Employment Indicators: Paid Jobs Week Ended 26 July 2020
Thursday, 27 August 2020, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
Key facts This series counts the number of unique employer-employee relationships present in payday filing 6, 13, and 27 days after the end of the reference week. These counts are published as they are, and no work has been done to adjust for seasonality ... More >>
Incomes Fall For First Time On Record
Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
Median weekly incomes were lower in the June 2020 quarter than they were a year ago, down 7.6 percent to $652 a week, in the wake of COVID-19, Stats NZ said today. The median is the midpoint, meaning half of workers earned above this amount and ... More >>
Crude Oil Imports Dry Up In July
Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 10:55 am | Statistics New Zealand
For the first month in almost 34 years, no crude oil was imported into New Zealand in July 2020, with imports of cars and other vehicles also down, Stats NZ said today. The value of total merchandise goods imports fell $1.0 billion (18 percent) to $4.6 ... More >>
Employment Indicators: Paid Jobs Week Ended 19 July 2020
Thursday, 20 August 2020, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
Key facts This series counts the number of unique employer-employee relationships present in payday filing 6, 13, and 27 days after the end of the reference week. These counts are published as they are, and no work has been done to adjust for seasonality ... More >>
COVID-19 Pandemic Knocks Down Producers’ Prices
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
As the COVID-19 global pandemic spread, falling prices for crude oil, milk, and meat led to a drop in producers’ costs of production in the June 2020 quarter, Stats NZ said today. The costs producers paid fell 1.0 percent in the June 2020 quarter, ... More >>
Unemployed People Less Satisfied With Life
Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 10:46 am | Statistics New Zealand
Unemployed people are more likely to rate their overall life satisfaction poorly than employed people or those not in the labour force, Stats NZ said today. According to new survey data, collected since the COVID-19 pandemic reached New Zealand, 28 ... More >>
National population estimates: At 30 June 2020
Monday, 17 August 2020, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
National population estimates give the best measure between census dates of the population that usually lives in an area, by age and sex, for the total New Zealand area. More >>
Births And Deaths: Year Ended June 2020
Monday, 17 August 2020, 10:45 am | Statistics New Zealand
Births and deaths releases provide statistics on the number of births and deaths registered in New Zealand, and selected fertility and mortality rates. Key facts Births There were 58,500 live births to New Zealand resident mothers registered ... More >>
Kiwis Growing Taste For Takeaways And Eating Out
Thursday, 13 August 2020, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealanders are spending relatively more on takeaways and restaurant meals, and less on fruit and vegetables than three years ago, Stats NZ said today. Every three years, Stats NZ calculates how much the average New Zealander spends on various foods, ... More >>
Vegetable Prices Continue To Grow
Thursday, 13 August 2020, 10:49 am | Statistics New Zealand
Courgettes and cucumbers reached record-high prices in July 2020, rising more than 30 percent in the month, as Queensland imports continued to be banned, Stats NZ said today. Fruit and vegetable prices were up 9.8 percent in July 2020. Courgette prices ... More >>
Effects Of COVID-19 On Trade: 1 February–5 August 2020 (provisional)
Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 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 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 >>
International Travel And Migration Patterns Shift Due To COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
COVID-19 international travel restrictions saw New Zealand’s border crossings fall sharply, alongside a slowdown in migration in the June 2020 quarter, Stats NZ said today. Total border crossings fall significantly The total number of border ... More >>
Post-lockdown Retail Card Spending Picks Up
Tuesday, 11 August 2020, 10:49 am | Statistics New Zealand
The rise in retail card spending was boosted by sales of furniture, hardware, and appliances, Stats NZ said today. “For a third consecutive month, card spending on the long-lasting goods (durables) remained at higher levels than last year, after ... More >>
COVID-19 Slows Labour Market Activity
Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 12:10 pm | Statistics New Zealand
About 650,000 people were away from their job, working fewer hours or less than they wanted, or were otherwise less active in the labour market in the June 2020 quarter due to reasons related to COVID-19 such as sickness or lockdown, Stats NZ ... More >>
