Lettuce shows largest price fall in four years – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Food price index: September 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Lettuce shows largest price fall in four years – 11 October 2018 Lettuce prices fell 45 percent in September 2018, to an average of $1.81 a head, Stats NZ said today. They were down 30 percent for the year. “Prices reached an all-time high of $5.42 for a 500g head of lettuce in […]
Read More →New Zealand Data – Overseas merchandise trade: August 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions 26 September 2018, 10:45am Overseas merchandise trade statistics provide information on imports and exports of merchandise goods between New Zealand and other countries. Key facts This release refers to trade in goods only. August 2018 monthly values are actual and compared with August 2017. Goods exports rose $366 million (9.9 percent) to […]
Read More →New Zealand Data – Balance of payments and international investment position: Year ended 31 March 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions 26 September 2018, 10:45am Balance of payments records the value of the country’s transactions with the rest of the world. It shows changes in financial claims on, and liabilities to, the rest of the world. International investment position is a snapshot of the country’s financial assets and liabilities. Key facts At 31 […]
Read More →Higher dairy export prices boost terms of trade – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Overseas trade indexes (prices and volumes): June 2018 quarter (provisional)
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Higher dairy export prices boost terms of trade – 3 September 2018 Export prices increasing more than import prices in the June 2018 quarter led to a 0.6 percent rise in the terms of trade, Stats NZ said today. Terms of trade measures the purchasing power of New Zealand’s exports abroad and is […]
Read More →NZ must help Solomon Islands tackle unemployment ‘time bomb’, says Clark
Former PM Helen Clark at the National Council of Women conference yesterday … New Zealand should rethink its aid structure. Image: Del Abcede/PMC By Jessica Marshall in Auckland The Solomon Islands faces a “time bomb” with a youth unemployment rate of 82 percent and New Zealand needs to do more to help the Pacific country, […]
Read More →Crude oil pumps up fuel prices – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Business price indexes: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Crude oil pumps up fuel prices – 17 August 2018 Higher fuel prices contributed to rises in producer output prices (up 0.9 percent) and input prices (up 1.0 percent) in the June 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. Higher prices received for whole milk powder also contributed to the increase in overall output […]
Read More →Vegetable prices shoot up in July – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Food price index: July 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Vegetable prices shoot up in July – 13 August 2018 Higher prices for vegetables led food price inflation of 0.7 percent in July 2018, Stats NZ said today. Vegetable prices rose 9.2 percent in the month, with higher prices for fresh lettuce (up 77 percent), tomatoes (up 30 percent), and broccoli (up 24 […]
Read More →Lamb exports set new record – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Overseas merchandise trade: May 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Lamb exports set new record – The value of lamb exports hit a new record of $369 million in May 2018, Stats NZ said today. Higher prices and more quantities of lamb exported boosted this month’s level. The previous high for lamb exports was $340 million in February 2009. “It has been a […]
Read More →Protecting our history with harakeke – the National New Zealand Flax Collection
MIL OSI – Source: Landcare Research – Release/Statement Headline: Protecting our history with harakeke – the National New Zealand Flax Collection Manaaki Whenua is kaitiaki (guardian) of the National New Zealand Flax Collection. The collection is made up of over 300 plants. The five main collections include weaving varieties, ornamental garden plants, historical plants from […]
Read More →Tony Alexander’s Weekly New Zealand Economic Overview 19 April 2018
Economic Analysis by Tony Alexander. This week I take a simple look at reasons why our economy’s growth rate and jobs growth have both been so strong the past four years, in spite of the big fall in dairy prices over 2013-14. Strong Growth For Four Years In the absence of any truly useful economic […]
Read More →Enhancing global geospatial data standards
MIL OSI – Source: Landcare Research – Release/Statement Headline: Enhancing global geospatial data standards Home» About Us » News & events » Media releases » Enhancing global geospatial data standards Friday 24 Nov 2017 Canterbury Plains International meetings on a subject that enables much of the technology that enhances our lives will be held in […]
Read More →Changes in garden bird populations over the last 10 years | Media releases
MIL OSI – Source: Landcare Research – Release/Statement Headline: Changes in garden bird populations over the last 10 years | Media releases Home» About Us » News & events » Media releases » Changes in garden bird populations over the last 10 years Wednesday 21 Jun 2017 State of NZ’s Garden Birds – cover Landcare […]
Read More →Agriculture: The right signals
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Agriculture: The right signals Landcorp is New Zealand’s biggest farming operation. It’s a farming company with more than 100 farms, owned by us – the people of New Zealand – and I was very pleased to read a piece by Landcorp CEO, Steven Carden talking […]
Read More →Wasp biocontrol update 10 | News snippets
MIL OSI – Source: Landcare Research – Release/Statement Headline: Wasp biocontrol update 10 | News snippets Home» About Us » News & events » News snippets » Wasp biocontrol update 10 Published: 22 March 2017 – by Ronny Groenteman Sphecophaga male in quarantine at Lincoln.” readability=”1″> Sphecophaga male in quarantine at Lincoln. ” data-copyright=” Image […]
Read More →Survey Shows Improvement in Farmers’ Confidence
MIL OSI – Source: Press Release Service – New Zealand – PR.co.nz – Press Release/Statement: Headline: Survey Shows Improvement in Farmers’ Confidence (PR.co.nz) Farmers’ confidence in the economy and their own businesses improved in Federated Farmers mid-season Farm Confidence Survey, released today. The survey, undertaken for Federated Farmers by leading agricultural market researchers Research First, […]
Read More →Testing predicted responses of Antarctic plants and microbes to environmental change | News snippets
MIL OSI – Source: Landcare Research – Release/Statement Headline: Testing predicted responses of Antarctic plants and microbes to environmental change | News snippets Home» About Us » News & events » News snippets » Testing predicted responses to environmental change Published: 28 February 2017 – by Phil Novis © This image by Landcare Research is […]
Read More →Changing the signposts for more sustainable farming systems
MIL OSI – Source: Green Party – Press Release/Statement Headline: Changing the signposts for more sustainable farming systems Photo credit: Greg O’Beirne. Waimakariri River, Canterbury, New Zealand. *A version of this column appeared on stuff.co.nz and in The Dominion Post Where have you been swimming this summer? The beach? A river? Or have you avoided […]
Read More →Vanuatu government hopes new laws will save it on global finance ‘grey list’
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Will legislation passed last year be sufficient to remove Vanuatu’s financial sector from international grey listing? Image: Vanuatu Daily Digest By Bob Makin in Port Vila The Vanuatu government’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Committee is confident that the submission of some 31 Bills to Parliament last year should improve […]
Read More →Tess Newton Cain: We need a new law about kava … or do we?
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz Kava Act 2015 amendment … “In most cases we don’t need a new law or new powers; what we need is to enforce the ones we already have.” Image: SBS OPINION: By Tess Newton Cain in Port Vila There have been a couple of stories recently in Vanuatu […]
Read More →Santo kava farmers fear ‘silent killer’ investor threat to their production
MIL Analysis+Reportage – EveningReport.NZ Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz By Glenda Willie in Port Vila Vanuatu kava farmers on Espiritu Santo have expressed great fear of losing their production businesses in the wake of reports alleging that investors will be engaging in mass kava production on their land. In a press statement, the kava farmers and suppliers […]
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