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Teen birth rate halves since 2008
Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
The teen birth rate has dropped each year since 2008, Stats NZ said today. In 2016, the rate was 16 births per 1,000 women aged 15–19 years – half the 2008 rate of 33. More >>
New Zealand Abridged Period Life Table: 2014–16
Tuesday, 16 May 2017, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
Abridged period life tables for the total New Zealand male and female populations provide an indication of the trends in life expectancy between the construction of complete period life tables. See New Zealand Abridged Period Life Table: 2014–16 ... More >>
Māori Population Estimates
Monday, 15 May 2017, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
Māori Population Estimates provide estimates of the Māori population of New Zealand at a given date. See Māori Population Estimates: Mean year ended 31 December 2016 on our website or download the attached Excel tables for the latest statistics. More >>
Car sales stay in top gear
Monday, 15 May 2017, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
Car sales surged in the first quarter of 2017, driving an increase in total retail trade sales, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Cheaper party foods but healthy food prices rise
Thursday, 11 May 2017, 11:22 am | Statistics New Zealand
The cost of grocery foods fell in April, partly countered by higher prices for vegetables, Stats NZ said today. Overall, food prices fell 0.8 percent in April 2017. More >>
Dairy herd up in North Island but down in South Island
Wednesday, 10 May 2017, 11:50 am | Statistics New Zealand
After a decrease in 2015, the dairy cattle number increased 2 percent in 2016 to reach 6.6 million, Stats NZ said today. However, this was not back to the 2014 level (6.7 million). More >>
Grocery and liquor retailing lift card spending in April
Wednesday, 10 May 2017, 11:47 am | Statistics New Zealand
Retail spending using electronic cards was $5 billion in April 2017, up $218 million (4.5 percent) from April 2016, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Guest nights fall in March as Easter moves
Wednesday, 10 May 2017, 11:44 am | Statistics New Zealand
Guest nights in March 2017 dropped 3.1 percent compared with March 2016, as Easter moved from March last year to April this year, Stats NZ said today. The Easter effect was most noticeable in domestic guest nights, which decreased 5.6 percent compared ... More >>
Big spenders face lowest inflation
Thursday, 4 May 2017, 12:14 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Beneficiaries experienced the highest inflation in the March 2017 quarter, Stats NZ said today. Their overall costs rose 1.4 percent, almost three times the rate of inflation experienced by the biggest spenders group (up 0.5 percent). More >>
Unemployment under 5 percent as employment grows
Wednesday, 3 May 2017, 11:11 am | Statistics New Zealand
The unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent in the March 2017 quarter (down from 5.2 percent in the previous quarter), while employment continued to grow, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Overseas couples match NZ couples in same-sex marriages
Wednesday, 3 May 2017, 11:05 am | Statistics New Zealand
Half of all same-sex marriages and civil unions registered in New Zealand in 2016 were couples living overseas, compared with 11 percent of opposite-sex couples, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Dairy and lamb to China boost March exports
Friday, 28 April 2017, 11:06 am | Statistics New Zealand
Exports rose $446 million (11 percent) when compared with March 2016 to reach $4.6 billion in March 2017, Stats NZ said today. More >>
Building consents top $2 billion for the first time
Friday, 28 April 2017, 10:53 am | Statistics New Zealand
Building consents reached a record $2 billion in March 2017, boosted by new homes and several big non-residential projects, Stats NZ said today. This was up 37 percent compared with March 2016. More >>
Wind and geothermal emerge as significant sources of energy
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 11:14 am | Statistics New Zealand
Strong growth in wind and geothermal electricity generation has led to significant economic impacts, according to a Stats NZ report published today. More >>
Report confirms serious challenges for rivers
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 11:10 am | Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand’s rivers and lakes are under increasing pressure, according to the latest national report from the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ about the state of fresh water. More >>
Household Labour Force Survey Est. Working-age Population
Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 11:48 am | Statistics New Zealand
This table provides the working-age population estimate of the usually resident, non-institutionalised, civilian population of New Zealand aged 15 years and over. This estimate is the benchmark figure for the number of people in the labour market ... More >>
Migrant arrivals at new record of 129,500 a year
Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
Migrant arrivals numbered 129,500 in the March 2017 year, a new annual record, Stats NZ said today. Migrant departures were 57,600 in the 12 months to March 2017. This led to a record annual net gain in migration of 71,900, which surpasses the previous ... More >>
Access to data about disabled people improves
Thursday, 20 April 2017, 12:25 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Today, Stats NZ launched a user-friendly online tool to make information about disabled people more accessible. More >>
Annual inflation highest in over five years
Thursday, 20 April 2017, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
The consumers price index (CPI) increased 2.2 percent in the year to the March 2017 quarter, Stats NZ said today. This is the highest annual increase since the September 2011 quarter, the last quarter affected by the rise in GST from 12.5 to 15 percent. More >>
More than half of all adults have a private super scheme
Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
Fifty-three percent of adults had a private superannuation scheme in the year ended June 2015, Stats NZ said today. More >>
