Statistics New Zealand - Latest News [Page 71]
Dairy cattle number dips
Thursday, 14 December 2017, 10:55 am | Statistics New Zealand
The number of dairy cattle dipped 2 percent from 6.6 million in June 2016 to 6.5 million in June 2017, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Higher Export Price for Butter Hits Local Retail Price
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
The export price of butter reached a new high in the September 2017 quarter, to be up 8.8 percent from the June 2017 quarter, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Pumpkin & Kumara Prices at Record Level
Wednesday, 13 December 2017, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
Pumpkin prices increased 176 percent in the year to November 2017, to reach $5.78 a kilo, the highest price since the food price series began in December 1993, Stats NZ said today. Pumpkin and kumara are typically more expensive in November, but both ... More >>
Widespread Rise in October Guest Nights
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand’s total guest nights increased 4.8 percent to 3.1 million in October 2017 compared with October 2016, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Fuel Drives Retail Card Spending in November
Monday, 11 December 2017, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
Drivers spent 5 percent more at the pump in November 2017, as higher petrol prices saw retail card spending on fuel rise by $28 million, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Household income and housing-cost statistics correction
Friday, 8 December 2017, 2:28 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Household income and housing-cost statistics: Year ended June 2017 was corrected on 8 December 2017 More >>
Chemicals And Plastics Lift Manufacturing
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
Higher sales volumes for chemicals and plastics producers helped lift manufacturing in the September 2017 quarter, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Half a Million Households Expected
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand is projected to have over 2.2 million households in 2038, 500,000 more than now, Stats NZ said today. According to the medium projection, the country will have more households in every region, city, and in most districts. More >>
'Empty Nesters' a Growing Part of the Flock
Friday, 8 December 2017, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
8 December 2017 - Couples living without children will make up more than half the 433,000 extra families projected to be in New Zealand by 2038, Stats NZ said today. This family type, which includes couples without or yet to have children, and those ... More >>
Groceries And Fruit Lift Wholesale Trade
Thursday, 7 December 2017, 10:48 am | Statistics New Zealand
Higher grocery sales and fruit exports helped to lift overall wholesale trade values in the September 2017 quarter, Stats NZ said today. This was partly offset by vehicle sales dipping from recent high levels. More >>
Wellington construction steps up a gear
Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 2:38 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Building activity in the Wellington region has grown strongly over the past year, Stats NZ said today. The value of activity rose 27 percent on the previous September year – the largest annual increase ever recorded for Wellington. More >>
Local Authority Statistics: September 2017 Quarter
Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 11:00 am | Statistics New Zealand
This release provides the latest data on the performance of core non-trading activities of local authorities: More >>
Building Work Bounces Back
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Residential building activity volumes rose 4.1 percent in the September 2017 quarter, following a relatively flat period in the first half of the calendar year, Stats NZ said today. This figure excludes the effects of higher construction costs and ... More >>
Two-way trade with APEC exceeds $100 billion
Monday, 4 December 2017, 10:49 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand’s two-way trade with APEC reached $102 billion for the year ended September 2017, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Terms of trade reach new record
Friday, 1 December 2017, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand's terms of trade rose 0.7 percent in the September 2017 quarter to reach an all-time high, Stats NZ said today. The latest increase was due to import prices falling more than export prices. More >>
Released back series for CPI and FPI now available
Thursday, 30 November 2017, 1:53 pm | Statistics New Zealand
We will be rebasing the CPI and FPI to June 2017=1000 for the December 2017 quarter release (to be published on 25 January 2018 ). See CSV files for Infoshare subjects for the rebased back series. More >>
Apartments Drive Fall in New Homes Consented in October
Thursday, 30 November 2017, 11:05 am | Statistics New Zealand
Only 78 apartments were consented in October 2017, down 66 percent from October 2016, Stats NZ said today. The seasonally adjusted number of all new homes consented fell 9.6 percent in October compared with September, when consents fell 2.5 percent. More >>
New regional retail sales data now available
Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 12:13 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Stats NZ is now publishing retail sales data for each of New Zealand’s 16 regions. More >>
Households Continue to Outspend Their Income
Friday, 24 November 2017, 11:05 am | Statistics New Zealand
An increase in household income in current prices was more than offset by higher spending, Stats NZ said today. More >>
National Industry Accounts: Year Ended March 2016
Friday, 24 November 2017, 11:04 am | Statistics New Zealand
This year's release delivers an extra year of data, resulting in more timely industry production and investment data up to 2016. More >>
