October boost for accommodation – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Accommodation survey: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions October boost for accommodation – 17 December 2018 Guests spent more nights in hotels, motels, and holiday parks in October, Stats NZ said today. Overall guest nights rose 3.9 percent in October 2018 compared with October 2017, helped by more nights spent in hotels, motels, and holiday parks. However, fewer nights were […]
Read More →Property assets and debt drive changes in wealth – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Household net worth statistics: Year ended June 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Property assets and debt drive changes in wealth – 14 December 2018 For typical households owning the home they live in, the value of their home rose almost $100,000 over the last three years, Stats NZ said today. Median property assets for people’s homes were up from $350,000 in the year ended June […]
Read More →Tomatoes and strawberries cheaper this November – Stats NZ Information Release: Food price index: November 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Tomatoes and strawberries cheaper this November – 13 December 2018 Tomatoes and strawberries were 18 percent and 5 percent cheaper, respectively, in November 2018 than they were a year ago, Stats NZ said today. Tomatoes cost an average of $3.56 a kilo in November 2018, compared with $4.32 a kilo in November 2017. […]
Read More →Home building in Auckland lifts construction activity – Stats NZ Information Release: Value of building work put in place: September 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Home building in Auckland lifts construction activity – 5 December 2018 Home building in Auckland drove an increase in the overall volume of building activity in New Zealand in the September 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. Nationally, the volume of building work increased a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent from the June 2018 […]
Read More →Two-way trade tops $160 billion for the first time – Stats NZ Information Release: Goods and services trade by country: Year ended September 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Two-way trade tops $160 billion for the first time – 4 December 2018 Increased exports and imports helped push New Zealand’s two-way trade of goods and services to $160.7 billion for the year ended September 2018, up $16.7 billion from the year ended September 2017, Stats NZ said today. Two-way trade, which measures […]
Read More →Auckland home consents hit 13,000 – Stats NZ Information Release: Building consents issued: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Auckland home consents hit 13,000 – 30 November 2018 More than 13,000 new homes were consented in Auckland in a year for the first time since the 1970s, Stats NZ said today. A total of 13,078 new homes were consented in the region in the year ended October 2018 – up 25 percent […]
Read More →Construction and accommodation cement employment growth – Stats NZ Media and NZ.Stat tables Release: Linked employer-employee data: March 2017 year
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Construction and accommodation cement employment growth – 28 November 2018 Construction in Auckland has led employment growth in the region, Stats NZ said today. Construction employed 8,000 more people in the year ended March 2017 than in the previous year. “New analysis from the annual release of linked employer-employee data (LEED), enhanced by self-employment […]
Read More →2018 Census data release delayed – Stats NZ Media Release
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions 2018 Census data release delayed – 27 November 2018 Work on the first release of 2018 Census data is taking longer than expected due to the complex nature of the task, Stats NZ said today. Stats NZ had previously reported that they had full or partial information for around 90 percent of individuals […]
Read More →Monthly goods imports from China rise a record $430 million – Stats NZ Information Release: Overseas merchandise trade: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Monthly goods imports from China rise a record $430 million – 27 November 2018 Goods imports from China were up $430 million, reaching $1.5 billion in October 2018, Stats NZ said today. This is the largest dollar value increase for monthly Chinese imports on record. China is New Zealand’s largest trading partner. It […]
Read More →Monthly imports top $6 billion for first time – Stats NZ Information Release: Overseas merchandise trade: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Monthly imports top $6 billion for first time – 27 November 2018 Monthly imports hit a record $6.2 billion in October 2018, Stats NZ said today. This is the first time imports have hit $6 billion. The previous high was in September 2018. “The value of goods imports has been at a generally […]
Read More →Stats NZ Report: International Visitor Arrivals to New Zealand: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions International Visitor Arrivals to New Zealand – 26 November 2018 The latest edition of International Visitor Arrivals to New Zealand: October (IVA) is now available on the Stats NZ website. IVA is a monthly report produced by Stats NZ and sponsored by Tourism New Zealand. It contains detailed tables and graphs of monthly and annual […]
Read More →New Zealanders take more overseas trips than ever before – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: International travel and migration: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions New Zealanders take more overseas trips than ever before – 22 November 2018 Over 3 million New Zealand residents arrived back from overseas trips in the year ended October 2018, Stats NZ said today. This was up 175,100 from the October 2017 year. More and more Kiwis have been taking overseas trips in […]
Read More →Net migration is lowest since 2015 – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: International travel and migration: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Net migration is lowest since 2015 – 22 November 2018 Annual net migration has eased to its lowest level in three years, Stats NZ said today. For the year ended October 2018, it fell to 61,800. Net migration for the October 2018 month was 6,700, down 1,000 from October 2017. Overall, net migration […]
Read More →Dairy farmers face squeeze – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Business price indexes: September 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Dairy farmers face squeeze – 19 November 2018 Dairy farmers are getting a lower payout for milk but their costs are rising for goods and services like feed, fuel, and freight, Stats NZ said today. The prices received by dairy farmers fell (4.8 percent) in the September 2018 quarter, due to a lower […]
Read More →Stats NZ Information Release: Māori population estimates: At 30 June 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Māori population estimates: At 30 June 2018 14 November 2018 Māori population estimates provide estimates of the Māori population of New Zealand at a given date. See Māori population estimates: At 30 June 2018 on our website or download the attached Excel tables for the latest statistics. For more information about these statistics: […]
Read More →Record lamb chop prices as BBQ season nears – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Food price index: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Record lamb chop prices as BBQ season nears – 13 November 2018 The price of lamb chops reached a record high in October, Stats NZ said today. Lamb chop prices were up 7.7 percent from September, reaching $17.12 a kilogram, while the cost of sausages was also up, by 4.9 percent to $10.30 […]
Read More →Time for all New Zealanders to see themselves in the data – Stats NZ
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Time for all New Zealanders to see themselves in the data – 8 November 2018 Public consultation on sexual orientation has shown how important it is for every New Zealander to see themselves in official statistics, Stats NZ said today. “At Stats NZ, our job is to ensure that data reflects society, and we […]
Read More →New Zealand Unemployment rate falls to 3.9 percent – Stats NZ Labour market statistics: September 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions New Zealand Unemployment rate falls to 3.9 percent – 7 November 2018 The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent in the September 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. This is down from 4.4 percent last quarter and is the lowest unemployment rate since the June 2008 quarter, when it was 3.8 […]
Read More →Building consents for townhouses, flats, and units reach new high – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Building consents issued: September 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Building consents for townhouses, flats, and units reach new high – 31 October 2018 A record 6,059 new townhouses, flats, and units were consented to be built in the year ended September 2018, Stats NZ said today. This figure was up 29 percent from the previous September year. “The annual number of townhouses, […]
Read More →Stats NZ Information Release: Household labour force survey estimated working-age population: September 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Household labour force survey estimated working-age population: 31 October 2018 These tables provide the working-age population estimate of the non-institutionalised, New Zealand resident population aged 15 years and over. This estimate is the benchmark figure for the number of people in the labour market each quarter – results from the Household Labour […]
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