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North Island guest nights drive December rise

Monday, 6 March 2017, 11:49 am | Statistics New Zealand

North Island guest nights drove growth in accommodation in December 2016, Statistics NZ said today. Overall national guest nights for December 2016 were 3.4 percent higher than in December 2015. More >>

Auckland building activity up across the board

Friday, 3 March 2017, 11:25 am | Statistics New Zealand

The value of building activity rose a seasonally adjusted 3.5 percent in the December 2016 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. Most of this rise was in Auckland, where residential building work rose 4.5 percent, and non-residential rose 17 percent. More >>

Going Dutch on data

Thursday, 2 March 2017, 3:13 pm | Statistics New Zealand

Statistics New Zealand is delighted to announce a unique partnership with Statistics Netherlands (CBS) to unleash the potential of new data sources and analytics for decision-making. The new international collaboration aims to leverage and build on ... More >>

European Union our top import provider for 2016

Thursday, 2 March 2017, 11:07 am | Statistics New Zealand

Kiwis’ taste for European cars and holidays made the European Union (EU) our top imports provider for the December 2016 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>

Dairy prices add cream to exports

Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 11:35 am | Statistics New Zealand

A rise in milk powder prices and a fall in prices of consumer electronics helped drive the terms of trade up 5.7 percent in the December 2016 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>

Milk powder exports continue to rise

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 11:15 am | Statistics New Zealand

Milk powder rose $48 million (7.3 percent) in value in January 2017, despite the quantity exported falling by around 19,000 tonnes (9.4 percent), Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>

Mothers paid 17 percent less than fathers

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 11:10 am | Statistics New Zealand

The estimated pay gap between mothers and fathers in New Zealand is 17 percent, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is almost $5 an hour on average. More >>

Retail trade survey data for December 2016 quarter

Monday, 27 February 2017, 3:01 pm | Statistics New Zealand

Statistics NZ has today corrected the fuel and total sales volumes figures for the December 2016 quarter, first published on 17 February 2017. More >>

Net annual migration passes 71,000

Monday, 27 February 2017, 11:01 am | Statistics New Zealand

A record 71,300 more migrants arrived in New Zealand than left in the January 2017 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. This surpassed the previous annual record set in December 2016. The net gain reflected an increasing number of people arriving ... More >>

High-strength beer available doubles in five years

Friday, 24 February 2017, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand

In 2016, 17 percent more high-strength beer was available than in 2015, Statistics New Zealand said today. The rise follows a 38 percent increase in 2015. More >>

Population growth expected to slow in most regions

Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 11:06 am | Statistics New Zealand

Nearly all regional council areas (regions) will have more people in 2043 than 2013, Statistics New Zealand said today. However, projections suggest the record growth rates seen in recent years will begin to subside. More >>

Milk prices continue to drive producer prices

Monday, 20 February 2017, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand

Producer output prices rose 1.5 percent in the December 2016 quarter, and producer input prices rose 1.0 percent, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>

Car sales continue to rev up retail

Friday, 17 February 2017, 12:48 pm | Statistics New Zealand

Car sales continued to push the volume of total retail trade sales up, with sales rising 1.9 percent in the December 2016 quarter, Statistics NZ said today. More >>

NZ Abridged Period Life Table: 2014–16 (provisional)

Friday, 17 February 2017, 12:38 pm | Statistics New Zealand

New Zealand abridged period life tables for the total New Zealand male and female populations indicate the trends in life expectancy between the construction of New Zealand complete period life tables . See New Zealand Abridged Period Life Table: ... More >>

Quake causes record fall in Kaikoura guest nights in November

Thursday, 16 February 2017, 12:14 pm | Statistics New Zealand

Kaikoura had a record 41 percent drop in guest nights at the district’s hotels, motels, backpackers, and campgrounds in November, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>

Goods & Services Trade by Country: Year ended September 2016

Thursday, 16 February 2017, 12:06 pm | Statistics New Zealand

Due to the Kaikoura Earthquake on 14 November 2016, the full Goods and Services Trade by Country: Year ended September 2016 release was cancelled. We are now able to provide the data from this release in machine-readable zipped csv files. These zipped csv ... More >>

Tourists flock to motels

Thursday, 16 February 2017, 11:54 am | Statistics New Zealand

International visitors continued to boost guest-night numbers, particularly for motels, in November, Statistics NZ said today. National guest nights for November 2016 were 5.1 percent higher than in November 2015. More >>

Apple prices up 40 percent to highest level ever

Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 10:50 am | Statistics New Zealand

Record-high apple prices led to a 2.8 percent rise in food prices in January, Statistics New Zealand said today. The rise in food prices is the highest monthly increase since June 2009. More >>

Retail card spending up across the board in January

Monday, 13 February 2017, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand

Retail spending using electronic cards was $5.1 billion in January 2017, up $270 million (5.6 percent) from January 2016, Statistics New Zealand said today. All six retail industries had increases. More >>

Annual rent rises hit low-spending households

Thursday, 9 February 2017, 11:24 am | Statistics New Zealand

Beneficiaries and low-spending households experienced the highest inflation over the past year, Statistics NZ said today. From the December 2015 quarter to the December 2016 quarter their overall costs increased 1.4 percent. This was more than double ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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