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Household Living-Costs Price Indexes: March 2025 Quarter – Cancelled
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 3:46 pm | Stats NZ
Cancelling the March 2025 edition of Household living-costs price indexes does not affect the quarterly CPI. Our economic data remains reliable, fit-for-purpose, and within international best practice. More >>
Research And Development Survey: 2024
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 11:24 am | Stats NZ
This release focuses on data from 2024, with comparisons back to 2018. The survey design has remained comparable over this time. More >>
Overseas Merchandise Trade: March 2025
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 11:15 am | Stats NZ
In this release we have corrected the June 2016 to February 2025 overseas merchandise trade ‘Value of Exports & re-exports – milk powder, butter, and cheese’ monthly, quarterly, and annual Infoshare series EXP+.S2PT04F, to correct an error in data ... More >>
Meal Kits, Cruises, And Smart Watches Added To CPI Basket In Latest Update
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 11:16 am | Stats NZ
“Changing spending patterns and consumer tastes mean it’s important to update the CPI basket so it remains relevant and reflects New Zealand society,” consumer prices spokesperson Nicola Growden said. More >>
Annual Inflation At 2.5 Percent In March 2025
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 10:59 am | Stats NZ
“The annual inflation rate is within the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s target band of 1 to 3 percent for the third consecutive quarter,” prices and deflators spokesperson Nicola Growden said. More >>
Aotearoa New Zealand’s Population Passes 5.3 Million People
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 11:01 am | Stats NZ
These are the first population estimates to fully incorporate the 2023 Census and 2023 Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) results. Estimates back to 2018 have now been revised, and estimates after 30 June 2023 will now use the 2023-base estimated resident ... More >>
North Island Population Passes 4 Million While South Island Population Grows Faster
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 10:57 am | Stats NZ
The North Island’s population has grown by an average of 1.3 percent a year since 2018, reaching 4.04 million at 30 June 2024. The South Island’s population has grown at a slightly faster rate of 1.4 percent a year, reaching 1.24 million at 30 ... More >>
Food Prices Increase 3.5 Percent Annually
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 11:27 am | Stats NZ
Higher prices for the grocery food group and the meat, poultry, and fish group contributed most to the annual increase in food prices, up 5.1 percent and 5.3 percent, respectively. More >>
Commuter Waka Updated With 2023 Census Data And New Features
Tuesday, 15 April 2025, 11:25 am | Stats NZ
Commuter Waka gives a comprehensive view of commuter data, allowing us to see where people are travelling to and from for work and education, and how they choose to travel, 2023 Census spokesperson Kathy Connolly said. More >>
International Travel: February 2025
Monday, 14 April 2025, 12:22 pm | Stats NZ
Overseas visitor arrivals were 354,400 in February 2025, a decrease of 8,400 from February 2024. More >>
Electronic Card Transactions: March 2025
Monday, 14 April 2025, 12:20 pm | Stats NZ
The electronic card transactions (ECT) series cover debit, credit, and charge card transactions with New Zealand-based merchants. More >>
International Migration: February 2025
Monday, 14 April 2025, 12:14 pm | Stats NZ
International migration statistics give the latest outcomes-based measure of migration, which includes estimates of migrants entering or leaving New Zealand. More >>
New Zealand’s Glacier Volume Down 42 Percent Since 2005
Friday, 11 April 2025, 11:24 am | Stats NZ
“This 22 km3 decrease between 2005 and 2023 is equivalent to 37 percent of the volume of Lake Taupō,” environment statistics spokesperson Tehseen Islam said. More >>
Families And Households In The 2023 Census – Further Insights Into How We Live
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 11:02 am | Stats NZ
In 2023, just over one-third (34.5 percent) of all families with children had adult children living with them. This figure was particularly high for families with at least one person belonging to the Pacific peoples ethnic group (38.7 percent). More >>
Household Labour Force Survey Estimated Working-age Population: March 2025 Quarter
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 11:11 am | Stats NZ
The household labour force survey estimated working-age population table shows the population benchmarks used to produce household labour force survey estimates for the upcoming labour market statistics release. More >>
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fall 2.0 Percent In The December 2024 Quarter
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 11:15 am | Stats NZ
Partly offsetting the decrease was an increase in emissions from manufacturing (up 5.0 percent), and transport, postal, and warehousing (up 3.1 percent). Both industries saw increases in GDP during this quarter. More >>
Selected Price Indexes Rental Data For February And March 2025
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 11:12 am | Stats NZ
Actual rentals for housing data were not included in the February 2025 selected price indexes (SPI) as the dataset used to compile this information was incomplete, and Stats NZ was not confident the measure would meet customer expectations. More >>
Environment Report Shows Human Activities Are Driving Changes Affecting Health, Livelihoods And Homes
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 10:41 am | Stats NZ
Our environment 2025 is the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ’s latest three-yearly update on the state of New Zealand’s environment. More >>
Dwelling And Household Estimates: March 2025 Quarter
Monday, 7 April 2025, 11:09 am | Stats NZ
National dwelling and household estimates are used for many purposes including planning, policy formation, business decisions, and as ‘bottom lines’ in the calculation of market coverage rates. More >>
Tatauranga Umanga Māori – Statistics On Māori Businesses: December 2024 Quarter
Friday, 4 April 2025, 11:08 am | Stats NZ
This release includes data on Māori authorities and related businesses. It does not cover all Māori businesses in Aotearoa New Zealand. More >>