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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 >>
New Zealand’s Environmental Reporting Series: Our Freshwater 2026 – Information Release
Thursday, 9 April 2026, 8:55 am | Stats NZ
Our freshwater 2026 is the fourth report in the series dedicated to the freshwater environment, following reports in 2017, 2020, and 2023. More >>
Household Labour Force Survey Estimated Working-Age Population: March 2026 Quarter – Information Release
Wednesday, 8 April 2026, 11:00 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. More >>
Dwelling And Household Estimates: March 2026 Quarter
Tuesday, 7 April 2026, 12:05 pm | Stats NZ
This release includes a revision to the private dwelling and household estimates from March 2018 to December 2025, as noted in the December 2025 quarter release. More >>
Tatauranga Umanga Māori – Statistics On Māori Businesses: December 2025 Quarter
Thursday, 2 April 2026, 11:56 am | Stats NZ
Māori authorities are defined as businesses that receive, manage, and/or administer assets held in common ownership by iwi and Māori. More >>
National Accounts (Income, Saving, Assets, And Liabilities): December 2025 Quarter
Thursday, 2 April 2026, 11:31 am | Stats NZ
Household saving increased $234 million to $1.1 billion, while, central government saving rose $515 million to -$1.7 billion. More >>
Annual Number Of Home Consents Up 12 Percent
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 11:20 am | Stats NZ
"The annual number of new home consents has increased for seven consecutive months," economic indicators spokesperson Michelle Feyen said. More >>
Mixed Trends In River And Lake Water Quality Indicators
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 11:12 am | Stats NZ
Among the improving trends, total phosphorus decreased at 59 percent of monitored river sites between 2005 and 2024. More >>
Employment Indicators: February 2026
Monday, 30 March 2026, 11:46 am | Stats NZ
Employment indicators provide an early indication of changes in the labour market. More >>
Economic Snapshot: December 2025 Quarter
Friday, 27 March 2026, 10:59 am | Stats NZ
Spending by overseas visitors to New Zealand increased in the December 2025 quarter, and this flowed through to parts of the economy that service tourism, such as rental car hire, retail trade, and accommodation. More >>
New Zealand Cohort Life Tables: March 2026 Update
Friday, 27 March 2026, 10:55 am | Stats NZ
Cohort life tables give the most authoritative measure of life expectancy because they follow the mortality and survival of each birth cohort (people born in a specific year) at each age until death of the last survivor. More >>
