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Unemployment Rate At 5.3 Percent In The March 2026 Quarter
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 11:33 am | Stats NZ
“The unemployment rate was 5.3 percent in the March 2026 quarter, compared with 5.4 percent in the December 2025 quarter,” labour market spokesperson Abby Johnston said. More >>
Economic Impacts On New Zealand From Conflict In The Middle East – Report
Monday, 4 May 2026, 2:10 pm | Stats NZ
Changes in fuel prices and supply chains are likely to have a broad range of impacts on New Zealand’s households and businesses. More >>
Marriages Continue Downward Trend
Monday, 4 May 2026, 10:57 am | Stats NZ
The marriage rate peaked in 1971 and has generally been falling since, population estimates, projections, and coverage spokesperson Rebekah Hennessey said. More >>
New Home Consents Up 11 Percent In Year Ended March 2026
Friday, 1 May 2026, 10:51 am | Stats NZ
“New home consents increased in the year ended March 2026, following decreases in each of the previous three years,” economic indicators spokesperson Michelle Feyen said. More >>
Communities Are An Essential Voice In New Zealand’s Data System
Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 2:15 pm | Stats NZ
The groups will play an important role in shaping how the next census is designed and help ensure the census reflects the needs and experiences of their communities. More >>
Household Living Costs Increase 2.1 Percent
Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 10:55 am | Stats NZ
The 2.1 percent increase, measured by the household living-costs price indexes (HLPIs), follows a 2.2 percent increase in the 12 months to the December 2025 quarter. More >>
Employment Indicators: March 2026
Tuesday, 28 April 2026, 11:03 am | Stats NZ
Employment indicators provide an early indication of changes in the labour market. Key facts Changes in the seasonally adjusted filled jobs for the March 2026 month (compared with the February 2026 month) were: all industries – up 0.3 percent (5,983 ... More >>
Productivity Statistics: 1978–2025
Thursday, 23 April 2026, 11:01 am | Stats NZ
Labour productivity primarily takes the hours people work into account, whereas capital productivity only takes capital inputs, such as land, machinery, and equipment, into account. More >>
Research And Development Survey: 2025
Thursday, 23 April 2026, 10:53 am | Stats NZ
In 2025, the survey was conducted for the business sector only. In every second (even) year, all three sectors are surveyed. More >>
An Overview Of Disability Data In Aotearoa New Zealand
Wednesday, 22 April 2026, 11:12 am | Stats NZ
It includes an overview of key disability data sources, important indicators, and guidance on how to use them. It is based entirely on publicly available data from a selection of key population surveys as at 1 January 2026. More >>
Annual Inflation At 3.1 Percent In March 2026
Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 10:57 am | Stats NZ
The 3.1 percent increase follows a 3.1 percent increase in the 12 months to the December 2025 quarter. More >>
Total Exports Rise In March
Monday, 20 April 2026, 10:56 am | Stats NZ
Leading the rise in total exports were precious metals, jewellery, and coins, up $166 million (166 percent) to $266 million, followed by fruit, up $149 million (24 percent) to $757 million. More >>
Petrol And Diesel Prices Up In March 2026
Friday, 17 April 2026, 10:56 am | Stats NZ
Prices for these two fuel types also increased in the 12 months to March 2026 – petrol was up 13.9 percent and diesel up 36.9 percent. More >>
Electronic Card Transactions: March 2026
Friday, 17 April 2026, 10:53 am | Stats NZ
Spending in the retail industries increased 0.7 percent ($52 million) whereas spending in the core retail industries decreased 0.1 percent ($8.8 million) More >>
Beef Cattle Numbers On The Rise
Thursday, 16 April 2026, 11:22 am | Stats NZ
Final figures from the 2025 Agricultural Production Survey showed that the number of beef cattle was up 4 percent (153,000) from the previous year to 3.8 million at 30 June 2025. More >>
Auckland Population Projected To Reach 2 Million By 2033
Wednesday, 15 April 2026, 10:56 am | Stats NZ
“The Auckland population has doubled in size since the early 1980s, reaching 1.82 million in June 2025,” population estimates and projections spokesperson Clare Hendra said. More >>
International Migration: February 2026
Tuesday, 14 April 2026, 11:00 am | Stats NZ
Annual migrant departures provisionally peaked at 120,500 in the May 2025 year. More >>
International Travel: February 2026
Tuesday, 14 April 2026, 10:54 am | Stats NZ
Overseas visitor arrivals were 408,100 in February 2026, an increase of 53,700 from February 2025. More >>
Price Index Methods – Updates For The March 2026 Quarter – Methods Paper
Friday, 10 April 2026, 10:50 am | Stats NZ
The summary of methodological updates for Stats NZ’s price indexes for the March 2026 quarter. More >>
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Industry And Household): December 2025 Quarter – Information Release
Thursday, 9 April 2026, 10:56 am | Stats NZ
Seasonally adjusted total emissions, for all industries and households, were nearly unchanged in the December 2025 quarter, with a 0.05 percent, or 9 kilotonnes (kt), increase of carbon dioxide equivalent. More >>
