Chinese officials kick out EMTV, foreign media from APEC events – allow Beijing state media
Some critics say that China’s latest behaviour toward foreign journalists casts doubt over its vow to treat neighbours with “respect”. Image: Natalie Whiting/ABC News/My Land, My Country By Scott Waide Papua New Guinea’s freedoms of speech, expression and access to information were challenged yesterday when Chinese officials barred both local and non-Chinese media from attending meetings at three Asia-Pacific […]
Read More →Scott Waide: How China is several moves ahead in Port Moresby
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Prime Minister of PNG Peter O’Neill shaking hands. Image: Solomon Kantha/My Land My Country COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide In November every year, the Papua New Guinean National budget usually takes centre stage. But not this year. This week, the 2019 budget came two days before the start of the biggest […]
Read More →Chinese President Xi’s early PNG arrival upstages APEC rivals
News headlines with the arrival of the Chinese president in Papua New Guinea for APEC. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Port Moresby last night to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit and is poised to steal a march on rival world leaders. With the […]
Read More →Annual trade deficit largest since January 2009 – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Overseas merchandise trade: September 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Annual trade deficit largest since January 2009 – 25 October 2018 Annual imports of fuels and crude oil rose sharply, driving the trade deficit to $5.2 billion for the September 2018 year, Stats NZ said today. This year’s trade deficit is the largest annual trade deficit since January 2009. The deficit widened […]
Read More →Annual trade deficit largest since January 2009
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions 25 October 2018, 10:45am Annual imports of fuels and crude oil rose sharply, driving the trade deficit to $5.2 billion for the September 2018 year, Stats NZ said today. This year’s trade deficit is the largest annual trade deficit since January 2009. The deficit widened as imports, especially of fuels, crude oil, […]
Read More →Correction to Goods and services trade by country: Year ended June 2018 – Stats NZ
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Correction to Goods and services trade by country: Year ended June 2018 3 October 2018 Stats NZ has corrected Goods and services trade by country: Year ended June 2018 and its related news story Visitors boost trade surplus. The correction was a result of a processing error involving exports of travel services data. […]
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 →Statistics New Zealand – Monthly trade deficit widest on record
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions 26 September 2018, 10:45am A rise in goods imports to near record levels in August 2018 has contributed to the largest-ever monthly goods trade deficit, Stats NZ said today. The trade deficit in August 2018 was $1.5 billion (37 percent of exports). The average monthly deficit in August over the last five […]
Read More →New Zealand Gross domestic product: June 2018 quarter – Data Sets and Analysis
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Gross domestic product (GDP) provides a snapshot of the performance of the economy. GDP is New Zealand’s official measure of economic growth. Download data Key facts New Zealand economy grew 1.0 percent in the June 2018 quarter. Broad-based growth, with 15 of 16 industries up. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing was up 4.1 […]
Read More →Broad-based growth as GDP rises 1 percent in June quarter – 20 September 2018, 10:45am
Gross domestic product (GDP) rose 1.0 percent in the June 2018 quarter, up from 0.5 percent last quarter, Stats NZ said today. This is the largest quarterly rise in two years. Growth was broad-based, with 15 of 16 industries recording higher production. Mining was the only industry to decline, reflecting one-off factors. “Once again service […]
Read More →Annual current account deficit widens to $9.5 billion – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Balance of payments and international investment position: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Annual current account deficit widens to $9.5 billion – 19 September 2018 New Zealand’s current account deficit for the year ended June 2018 widened to $9.5 billion, 3.3 percent of GDP, Stats NZ said today. The deficit is $2.4 billion wider than the year ended June 2017 deficit and is the largest since […]
Read More →Near-record exports see current account deficit shrink to $2.7 billion – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Balance of payments and international investment position: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Near-record exports see current account deficit shrink to $2.7 billion – 19 September 2018 New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted current account deficit reduced to $2.7 billion for the June 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. The $484 million decrease from the March 2018 quarter was mainly driven by rising exports of goods and services. […]
Read More →Fruit exports boost wholesale trade in June quarter – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Wholesale trade survey: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Fruit exports boost wholesale trade in June quarter – 7 September 2018 Fruit exports drove wholesale trade sales up in the June 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. The seasonally adjusted total sales value for wholesale trade rose 2.6 percent in the June 2018 quarter, following a modest 0.3 percent rise in the […]
Read More →Visitors boost trade surplus – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Goods and services trade by country: Year ended June 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Visitors boost trade surplus – 4 September 2018 Spending by international visitors helped push New Zealand’s trade surplus (goods and services) to $4.2 billion for the year ended June 2018, Stats NZ said today. “Visitors to New Zealand spent almost twice as much as New Zealanders spent on their overseas visits,” international statistics […]
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 →High Level Political Forum on sustainable development – New Zealand statement
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Statement delivered by Craig J. Hawke, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations, 20 July 2018 Thank you, Mr President. In 2018, as we increasingly live with the impacts of climate change, achieving truly sustainable development is the challenge of our times. The space […]
Read More →Public Meeting on New Zealand’s Interests in Antarctica
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Have your say about how we express New Zealand’s interests in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Date: Wednesday, 25 July Time: 4.00pm-5.30pm Venue: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Level 12, HSBC Tower, 195 Lambton Quay New Zealand has significant and enduring strategic interests in Antarctica […]
Read More →New futures for New Zealand’s development cooperation in an SDG world
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Remarks by Deputy Secretary Pacific and Development Group Jonathan Kings at event hosted by New Zealand Aid and Development Dialogues at Victoria University, Wellington, 5 July 2018 Let me first thank the organisers for today. We welcome these opportunities and I acknowledge the New Zealand Aid […]
Read More →New Zealand humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya crisis and Myanmar Humanitarian Fund
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand is providing a further $4 million in humanitarian assistance to those affected by recent violence in Myanmar, including Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Cox’s Bazar currently hosts the world’s largest refugee population with approximately 700,000 people having crossed the border into Bangladesh since […]
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