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Retail card spending up in July
Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 11:35 am | Statistics New Zealand
Retail spending using electronic cards was $4.6 billion in July 2015, up $244 million (5.6 percent) from July 2014, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Unemployment up slightly at 5.9 percent
Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 10:59 am | Statistics New Zealand
The unemployment rate increased to 5.9 percent in the June 2015 quarter (up from 5.8 percent), Statistics New Zealand said today. At the same time, there were 7,000 more people employed over the quarter (up 0.3 percent). More >>
Civil Unions and Marriages
Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
This release provides provisional statistics about civil unions and marriages registered in New Zealand. See Civil Unions and Marriages: June 2015 quarter (provisional) on our website or download the attached Excel table for the latest statistics. More >>
Over 12,000 new homes consented in first half of 2015
Thursday, 30 July 2015, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
More homes were consented in the first six months of 2015 than a year previously, Statistics New Zealand said today. Between January and June 2015, 12,057 new dwellings, worth almost $4 billion, were consented. More >>
Household Labour Force Survey
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 10:52 am | Statistics New Zealand
These tables provide 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 >>
Life expectancy increasing in all New Zealand regions
Tuesday, 28 July 2015, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
Life expectancy at birth has increased in all regions since 2005–07, with Hawke's Bay increasing the most, Statistics New Zealand said today. Life expectancy at birth was highest for females in the Tasman region (84.1 years) and males in the Auckland ... More >>
Annual fruit exports hit $2 billion for first time
Monday, 27 July 2015, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
The annual value of fruit exports reached an all-time high of $2 billion in the year ended June 2015, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Exports to China rise for first month since August 2014
Friday, 24 July 2015, 11:02 am | Statistics New Zealand
Goods exports to China rose $20 million from June 2014 to reach $699 million in June 2015, Statistics New Zealand said today. The rise was over a range of commodities including logs, meat, and fruit. More >>
More visitors from China, Australia, and the US
Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 11:08 am | Statistics New Zealand
Visitor arrivals to New Zealand numbered 177,000 in June 2015, up 9 percent on June 2014, Statistics New Zealand said today. In the June 2015 year, visitor arrivals totalled 2.99 million, up 7 percent from the previous year. More >>
Farmers get online survey option
Monday, 20 July 2015, 2:06 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Farmers get online survey option Farmers are for the first time this month completing their annual Agricultural Production Survey online. Every year Statistics New Zealand surveys about 30,000 farmers about their land, livestock and crops, and farming practices. ... More >>
Gender identity standard world-first in New Zealand
Friday, 17 July 2015, 11:18 am | Statistics New Zealand
‘Gender diverse’ will join ‘male’ and ‘female’ categories in a new gender-identity classification released today by Statistics New Zealand. This new classification records the identity of all people, including those who see themselves as different ... More >>
CPI up 0.4 percent on higher petrol prices
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 10:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
The consumers price index (CPI) rose 0.4 percent in the June 2015 quarter, following falls of 0.3 percent and 0.2 percent in the March 2015 and December 2014 quarters, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Story of the century – changes in housing and population
Tuesday, 14 July 2015, 10:58 am | Statistics New Zealand
The size of New Zealand’s households has halved – but it’s taken over a century to do it, according to new analysis from Statistics New Zealand. More >>
Food prices down 0.1 percent in year to June
Monday, 13 July 2015, 10:56 am | Statistics New Zealand
In the year to June 2015, food prices decreased 0.1 percent, Statistics New Zealand said today. This drop follows eight consecutive food price increases since the year to October 2014. More >>
Overseas visitors push guest nights up in May
Friday, 10 July 2015, 10:57 am | Statistics New Zealand
National guest nights for May 2015 were 5.5 percent higher than in May 2014, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Retail card spending up in June – Statistics NZ
Thursday, 9 July 2015, 11:13 am | Statistics New Zealand
Retail spending using electronic cards was $4.3 billion in June 2015, up $206 million (5.0 percent) from June 2014, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Census gives insights into alternative forms of housing
Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 1:13 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Over 98,000 people lived in alternative forms of private housing or communal (non-private) dwellings in New Zealand in 2013, according to new 2013 Census analysis released today by Statistics New Zealand. This was 2.3 percent of the population. More >>
Dwelling and Household Estimates: June 2015 quarter – tables
Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 10:54 am | Statistics New Zealand
Dwelling and Household Estimates provide estimates of all private dwellings in New Zealand at a given date, and estimates of all households usually living in New Zealand at a given date. More >>
65+ population on the rise
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 2:38 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The 65-years-and-over age group nearly doubled in number between 1981 and 2013 – from 309,795 to 607,032 people – according to 2013 Census results released by Statistics New Zealand today. The 65+ age group increased from 9.9 percent to 14.3 percent of ... More >>
Labour productivity increases 1.4 percent
Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 11:10 am | Statistics New Zealand
Labour productivity increased 1.4 percent in the year ended March 2014, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
