Tier 1 statistics are New Zealand’s most important statistics, and are essential to help the Government, business, and members of the public to make informed decisions and monitor the state and progress of New Zealand.
The Salvation Army has published its independent monitoring report, ‘State of the Nation’, for the past eight years. This aims to encourage public debate around New Zealand’s social progress.
Stats NZ's dashboard for March 2019 quarter which highlights key deliverables for its data leadership role under the Government Chief Data Steward function.
Changes to data, statistics and information can happen over time, and can include changes to the structure of the information to improve accuracy, relevance or efficiency or to adhere to international best practice. They may be forced due to changes in the source data for other reasons. All such changes need to be managed to ensure information is comparable over time.
Infoshare, a self-service open online data tool on Stats NZ’s website, contains over 30 million aggregated, confidentialised, time-series data.
The Data and Statistics Act 2022 is a critical enabler for moving forward; ensuring transparency and trust in the decisions we make on behalf of Aotearoa. Read more about how the new Act will deliver a robust, future-focused data and statistics system.
1975. The Corolla ruled, mix tapes were a ‘thing’ and the Stats Act became law. How things change! Actually… the legislation hardly has. It doesn’t even feature the word ‘data’. Far-out!
Economic indicators data is regularly released by Statistics NZ. Most of these indicators are updated on a quarterly and annual basis.
The census is one of New Zealand’s most important data sources. Statistics NZ released aggregated, confidentialised data from the 2006 Census including information on age, ethnicity, income, workplace, dwelling size and other variables.
The standards that Stats NZ produces, previously referred to as statistical standards, will now be called data standards. Read more about the difference between data and statistical standards, when the change will be made and what you might notice about the change here.