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Upcoming data changes

  • Information about data changes for Auckland Council: Changes to Auckland’s local government came into effect on 1 November 2010. For information on how Statistics New Zealand is managing data affected by the council restructure, please visit www.stats.govt.nz/aucklandcouncil. We will add details in the 'Changes by date' below when Infoshare is affected.

 

Details of the series changed will be added to the calendar below before the data is released.

Changes by date

December 2013
 19 December (SND) National Accounts (ANZSIC06) - System of National Accounts 1993

We will no longer publish the series 'Resident households expenditure overseas less non-residents expenditure in New Zealand':

SNDA_SG02NAC15P30YE
SNDA_SG02RAC15P30YE
SNDQ_SG02NAC15P30YE
SNDQ_SG02NSC15P30YE
SNDQ_SG02RAC15P30YE
SNDQ_SG02RSC15P30YE

However, they will continue to be available on request.
 19 December (SOW) Release of Social Welfare Benefits and Payments data: June year 2012
18 December (BOP) Balance of Payments

Balance of Payments revisions

We have revised our current account figures to include:

• results from the improved International Visitors Survey (IVS) methodology (back to the June 1982 quarter)
• improved estimates for spending by international student in New Zealand (back to the June 2003 quarter)
• an estimate for imports of goods below the $1,000 Customs threshold (back to the June 2000 quarter).

Revisions resulting from the IVS improvements, and to spending by international students in New Zealand, both increase exports of travel services. Including an estimate for low-value goods means that imports of goods also increase. Services exports increase by more than imports of goods, so overall these revisions result in smaller current account deficits than those previously published.

Note: We have revised the discontinued (BPM4) series. IVS revisions go back to the June 1982 quarter, so many BPM4 series have been revised from 1982 to 1996 (which is when the BPM4 series end).
 9 December (MFG) Manufacturing Survey (ANZSIC06) data revision

The volume series (deflated at September 2010 quarter prices) for the meat and dairy industry has been revised for the period between the June 2010 and June 2013 quarters.

This revision also affects data for
• all manufacturing.

The following variables have been revised
• sales (operating income)
• purchases and operating expenditure
• stocks of finished goods, trading goods, and work in progress.

For more information, see the revisions section of Economic Survey of Manufacturing: September 2013 quarter.
9 December (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: November 2013 month.
5 December (FLT) Release of forestry, logging and timber production data: September 2013 quarter and year.
4 December

(BAS) Building Activity Survey – for Value of Building Work Put in Place: September 2013 quarter

New BASQ series
For the September 2013 quarter, we’re adding 18 quarterly series to the Building Activity Survey. The series are the value of building work put in place for two statistical areas: Canterbury, and New Zealand excluding Canterbury. The series are available for each of three building groups and three data types:
• building groups – total residential buildings, total non-residential buildings, and total buildings (sum of residential and non-residential)
• data types – unadjusted, seasonally adjusted, and trend.

Sample errors
Estimates for building activity are derived mainly from a sample survey and are therefore subject to sample errors. The Building Activity Survey is not designed to produce accurate estimates by region, so the sample errors associated with these are higher. Over the five years to the June 2013 quarter, sample errors for all building work in Canterbury were between 9 and 14 percent. At the national level, sample errors were between 2.5 and 3.0 percent.
The New Zealand excluding Canterbury series are expected to have sample errors close to those at the national level.

New series identifiers
Series reference Description
BASQ.SCAKCA Canterbury, Total residential buildings, Unadjusted
BASQ.SCAKCS Canterbury, Total residential buildings, Seasonally adjusted
BASQ.SCAKCT Canterbury, Total residential buildings, Trend
BASQ.SCAKOA Canterbury, Total non-residential buildings, Unadjusted
BASQ.SCAKOS Canterbury, Total non-residential buildings, Seasonally adjusted
BASQ.SCAKOT Canterbury, Total non-residential buildings, Trend
BASQ.SCAKPA Canterbury, Total buildings, Unadjusted
BASQ.SCAKPS Canterbury, Total buildings, Seasonally adjusted
BASQ.SCAKPT Canterbury, Total buildings, Trend
BASQ.SCAXCA NZ excluding Canterbury, Total residential buildings, Unadjusted
BASQ.SCAXCS NZ excluding Canterbury, Total residential buildings, Seasonally adjusted
BASQ.SCAXCT NZ excluding Canterbury, Total residential buildings, Trend
BASQ.SCAXOA NZ excluding Canterbury, Total non-residential buildings, Unadjusted
BASQ.SCAXOS NZ excluding Canterbury, Total non-residential buildings, Seasonally adjusted
BASQ.SCAXOT NZ excluding Canterbury, Total non-residential buildings, Trend
BASQ.SCAXPA NZ excluding Canterbury, Total buildings, Unadjusted
BASQ.SCAXPS NZ excluding Canterbury, Total buildings, Seasonally adjusted
BASQ.SCAXPT NZ excluding Canterbury, Total buildings, Trend

Two of the above Canterbury unadjusted series were already available in the Value by statistical area grouping family:
• BASQ.S1S Residential buildings: Canterbury
• BASQ:S1T All buildings: Canterbury.
These Value by statistical area series are already available on Infoshare:
Series reference Description
BASQ.S1K Residential buildings: Northland and Central Auckland
BASQ.S1L All buildings: Northland and Central Auckland
BASQ.S1M Residential buildings: South Auckland and Bay of Plenty
BASQ.S1N All buildings: South Auckland and Bay of Plenty
BASQ.S1O Residential buildings: East Coast, Hawke's Bay and Taranaki
BASQ.S1P All buildings: East Coast, Hawke's Bay and Taranaki
BASQ.S1Q Residential buildings: Wellington
BASQ.S1R All buildings: Wellington
BASQ.S1S Residential buildings: Canterbury
BASQ.S1T All buildings: Canterbury
BASQ.S1U Residential buildings: Marlborough, Nelson, Westland, Otago and Southland
BASQ.S1V All buildings: Marlborough, Nelson, Westland, Otago and Southland

 2 December (OTP) Overseas Trade Indexes - Prices
Overseas services price indexes revisions

Each year overseas trade services price indexes (OTI services indexes) update its weights using Statistics NZ's balance of payments (BOP) data. These weights are based on the dollar value for exports and imports of services.

Changes in the weights as a result of recent improvements in the BOP data, such as a better measure for spending by overseas visitors to New Zealand, were included in the calculation of the OTI services indexes.
These changes affect the exports services indexes and the imports services indexes.

The OTI price indexes were recalculated from the June 1997 quarter to the June 2013 quarter. Where the indexes changed as a result of the recalculation, the index numbers were revised.

The revisions affect the following series:

Services exports – transportation (OTPQ.SSEA99)
Services exports – travel (OTPQ.SSEB99)
Services exports – other services (OTPQ.SSEC99)
Services exports – government services (OTPQ.SSED99)
Services exports – total exports (OTPQ.SSE999)
Services imports – other services (OTPQ.SSIC99)
Services imports – total imports (OTPQ.SSI999)
Services – terms of trade (OTPQ.SSTT999)

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November 2013
 28 November

(SND) National Accounts (ANZSIC06) - System of National Accounts 1993. (ISA) Institutional Sector Accounts.

New release date for National Accounts (Income and Expenditure): Year ended March 2013 is now 28 November 2013.

27 November (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: October 2013 month.
22 November (ALC) Release of alcohol available for consumption data: September 2013 quarter and year.
21 November (SND) National Accounts (ANZSIC06) - System of National Accounts 1993

We recommend you do not use the annual nominal gross domestic product (GDP) data for the years ended March 2012 and 2013 that was published on Infoshare 10:45am, 21 November 2013.

This 2012 and 2013 information was published inadvertently when we released National Accounts (Industry Benchmarks): Year ended March 2011.

This 2012 and 2013 data has not been subject to Statistics NZ’s usual quality control processes and contains errors so we recommend you do not use it. It has been removed from Infoshare.

This 2012 and 2013 information would normally form part of the data with National Accounts (Income and Expenditure): Year ended March 2013. This was delayed due to technical reasons. A new publication date is 28 November.

We have already made a correction to Infoshare information for National Accounts (Industry Benchmarks): Year ended March 2011. This covers 2009 GDP information.

We recommend that people who have already accessed this data should download it again.

Statistics NZ is committed to producing the best quality information possible and we apologise for any inconvenience to people who use this information.
21 November (ISA) Institutional Sector Accounts is delayed until 28 November.
21 November (SND) National Accounts (ANZSIC06) - System of National Accounts 1993

National accounts now include an estimate for imports of goods valued at less than $1,000 purchased directly by New Zealand households. This change affects imports of goods, and household consumption expenditure.

The following tables in Infoshare have been updated due to this change:

• SG02NAC18 - Series, GDP(E), Nominal, Actual, Type of import good
• SG02NSC18 - Series, GDP(E), Nominal, Seasonally adjusted, Type of import good
• SG02RAC18 - Series, GDP(E), Chain volume, Actual, Type of import good
• SG02RSC18 - Series, GDP(E), Chain volume, Seasonally adjusted, Type of import good
Series added to table: Consumption goods - Low value goods purchased directly by households (In the series code CPL eg SNDA.SG02NAC18P71CPL)

• SG02NAC14 - Series, GDP(E), Nominal, Actual, Household FCE by item
• SG02NSC14 - Series, GDP(E), Nominal, Seasonally Adjusted, Household FCE by item
• SG02RAC14 - Series, GDP(E), Chain Volume, Actual, Household FCE by item
• SG02RSC14 - Series, GDP(E), Chain Volume, Seasonally Adjusted, Household FCE by item
Series added to table: Imports of low value goods purchased directly by households (In the series code A13 eg SNDA.SG02NAC14P30A13E)

• SG02NAC15 - Series, GDP(E), Nominal, Actual, Household FCE by type
• SG02NSC15 - Series, GDP(E), Nominal, Seasonally adjusted, Household FCE by item type
• SG02RAC15 - Series, GDP(E), Chain volume, Actual, Household FCE by type
• SG02RSC15 - Series, GDP(E), Chain volume, Seasonally adjusted, Household FCE by item type
Series added to table: Imports of low value goods purchased directly by households (In the series code D eg SNDA.SG02NAC15P30DE )

Note that nominal annual series have been populated for the National Accounts (Income and Expenditure): Year ended March 2013 released today, but quarterly and chain volume annual series will not be populated until the GDP release on 19 December 2013.
21 November (FLT) Release of forestry, logging and timber production data: June 2013 quarter and year.
19 November (DPE) Population Estimates

The following three Infoshare series are updated to final population estimates at 30 June 2013:
• Estimated resident population for regional council areas, at 30 June (1996+)
• Estimated resident population for territorial authority areas, at 30 June (1996+)
• Estimated resident population for urban areas, at 30 June (1996+).

All subnational population estimates are based on the 2006 census usually resident population count and boundaries at 1 January 2013.

New national and subnational estimates using the 2013 Census results as a base will be published from August 2014 after estimates of net census undercount from the 2013 Post-enumeration Survey become available in March 2014.
14 November (RTT) Retail trade (ANZSIC06) data revision

We have revised the clothing, footwear, and personal accessory series for the period between the March 2011 and June 2013 quarters.

This revision also affects the data for these groupings:
• core industries
• all industries

The following Infoshare series are affected:
• sales by industry in current prices (quarterly and annual)
• sales by industry in deflated prices (quarterly and annual)
• sales by region in current prices (quarterly and annual)
• sales per head of population (quarterly)
• stocks by industry in current prices (quarterly)

For more information, see revisions section of current release.
11 November (SEP) Release of Ready Mixed Concrete (All of New Zealand) data: September 2013 quarter and annual (SEP+.SAF++)
8 November (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: October 2013 month.
6 November

(HLF) Household Labour Force Survey

New series
For the September 2013 quarter, we’ll be adding two new series to the Household Labour Force Survey.

The first series provides data on the employment status for people in different household compositions. The second series strengthens the labour force status by total-response ethnic group, and age group, series by adding its sampling errors.

The new series are:
• Household composition by household labour force status – HLF + .SXB*.

See series identifiers for details.

• Labour force status by total resp ethnic group and age group – sampling errors – HLF + .S7ASE*.

See series identifiers for details
6 November

(QES) New seasonally adjusted weekly earnings data for the QES

Seasonally adjusted weekly earnings data will be released for the Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) in the upcoming September 2013 quarter QES release.

The new series and their references are:

Measure(1)

Seasonally adjusted

Trend

Average Weekly Earnings (FTEs) Total All Ind. & Both Sexes

  • Ordinary Time
  • Total Time
  • QEXQ.SBAZ9AS

  • QEXQ.SBAZ9ES
  • QEXQ.SBAZ9AT

  • QEXQ.SBAZ9ET

Average Weekly Earnings (Employees) Total All Ind. & Both Sexes

  • Ordinary Time
  • Total Time
  • QEXQ.SCAZ9AS

  • QEXQ.SCAZ9ES
  • QEXQ.SCAZ9AT

  • QEXQ.SCAZ9ET

1. Each measure will have a separate family for seasonally adjusted series and trend series.

See Introducing seasonally adjusted weekly earnings data into the QES for more information.
 5 November (PRP) - Primary Production: Poultry (Meat chicken - dressed weight and number, fresh or frozen) Release : September 2013 quarter and year - PRP+.SAAD*

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October 2013
 31 October

(BLD) Building Consents Issued:

Additional information from Auckland and Christchurch cities has affected the January 2012 data. The main changes are shown in the tables below.

Revised value of non-residential building work consented in January 2012

Geographic area

Series
reference:
BLDM.

Value
$(million)

Published on
29 February 2012

Published on
31 October 2013

Increase 

Auckland region

SHO3202

83.5

83.8

0.3

Canterbury region

SHO3213

48.4

55.9

7.5

New Zealand

SHO32RZ

226.4

234.2

7.8
Revised New Zealand value by building type for January 2012

Building type

Series
reference:
BLDM.

Value
$(million)

Published on
29 February 2012

Published on
31 October 2013

Increase

Shops, restaurants, and taverns

SDI92MZ

48.9

49.2

0.3

Offices and administration buildings

SDJ92MZ

34.9

42.4

7.5

We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.
 31 October (LSS) September 2013 data will be released by the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) on 25 October on their pastoral webpage.
All existing series will be available from Infoshare on 31 October.
This process and timetable change will continue for the foreseeable future.
Contact statsinfo@mpi.govt.nz for more information.
 30 October (BUD) Business demographic statistics
We are no longer producing the following three tables, because the same data are published in NZ.Stat business demography tables.

These table will be moved into the discontinued section of Infoshare.
Employee count by region 2011, ANZSIC and size group (ANZSIC06) (Annual-Feb)
Enterprises by ANZSIC and size group (ANZSIC06) (Annual-Feb)
Geographic units by region 2011, ANZSIC and size group (ANZSIC06) (Annual-Feb)
 22 October (DPE) Population Estimates

Along with the release of subnational population estimates at 30 June 2013, the following two Infoshare series are updated:
Estimated resident population for regional council areas, at 30 June (1996+)
Estimated resident population for territorial authority areas, at 30 June (1996+)

All subnational population estimates are based on the 2006 Census usually resident population count and boundaries at 1 January 2013.

New national and subnational estimates using the 2013 Census results as a base will be published from August 2014, after estimates of net census undercount from the 2013 Post-enumeration Survey become available in March 2014.
Population estimates for urban areas at 30 June 2013 will be released on 24 January 2014.
9 October (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: September 2013 month and quarter.
4 October

(IMP) Overseas Merchandise Trade: August 2013

We are revising two series (plus quarterly and annual aggregates) from 4 October 2013 at 10:45, after a processing error was identified. The series are IMPM.SH1GV and IMPM.SH23V

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September 2013
30 September

(BLD) Building Consents Issued: 
A Statistics New Zealand processing error for consents issued in the former Manukau City has affected the June 2013 data at territorial authority, regional, and national levels.  The main changes are shown in the tables below. 

We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.

Geographic area Series Reference Published on 30 July 2013 Published on 30 September 2013
 Former Manukau City BLDM.SAC11EV

 5

 57
Auckland Region BLDM.SHA1102

453 

505
North Island BLDM.SHA11RN

950

1,002
New Zealand BLDM.SHA11RZ

1,487

1,539
Building Type Series Reference Published on 30 July 2013 Published on 30 September 2013
New dwellings BLDM.SHA12RZ $436 million $452 million
Total residential buildings BLDM.SDC92MZ $531 million $549 million
Hostels and boarding houses BLDM.SDD92MZ $6 million $33 million
Offices and administration buildings BLDM.SDJ92MZ $48 million $78 million
Storage buildings BLDM.SDK92MZ  $27 million  $31 million
Total non-residential buildings BLDM.SDO92MZ $269 million $333 million
All buildings BLDM.SDP92MZ $800 million $881 million
Total authorisations issued BLDM.SDR92MZ $810 million $892 million
26 September (BOP and IIP) In conjunction with the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position: Year ended 31 March 2013 release, the following series will be available on Infoshare.

Annual external lending and debt series (IIPA.S5XD*) from as at 31 March 2001 to as at 31 March 2013.

Breakdowns for China (People's Republic of) 6101 and Taiwan 6108 will be included in the Financial Account flows by country series (BOPA.S5A group) and International Investment Position stocks by country series (IIPA.S5A group) for Direct Investment, Portfolio Investment, and Total Investment.
25 September (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: August 2013 month.
25 September (TEX, TRX, TIM) After the release of Overseas Merchandise Trade: August 2013 on 25 September 2013, selected confidential Harmonised System 10-digit codes will have more data publicly available. This change results from the annual confidentiality review.
For further information, please email overseastrade@stats.govt.nz.
20 September

(ITM) International Travel and Migration

An incorrect calculation was identified in the 'length of stay' and 'length of absence' groupings between 1998 and 2007. Numbers have now been revised to correct the error.

The affected series are:
• Visitor arrivals by country of residence, purpose and length of stay (Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual)
• Short-term NZ traveller departures by main dest, purpose & length of absence (Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual).

The errors were in the following length of stay and absence categories:
• Over 4 weeks and under 2 months
• 2 months and under 3 months
• 3 months and under 6 months
• 6 months and under 1 year.

The error only appeared in non-leap years between 1998 and 2007 for:
• February months
• March quarters
• March, June, September, and December years.

Please contact demography@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions. 
19 September (IIP) International Investment Position
At 10:45am on 19 September 2013, updated figures for the March quarterly New Zealand's External Debt IIP- Level 4 Liability Components and New Zealand's External Debt IIP- Level 4 Asset Components will be available on Infoshare. These figures have been revised since they were initially released at 10:45am on 18 September 2013.  
9 September

(TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: August 2013 month.

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August 2013
 28 August

(SEP) Ready Mixed Concrete by region: June 2013 quarter SEP[QA].SAF++

We have made some revisions to the June 2013 data. Due to a processing error, the series for 'Total New Zealand' production had been understated.
 26 August (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: July 2013 month, quarter and year.
 23 August (LED) The following Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) ANZSIC 1996 series will be discontinued:
Age and ANZSIC96 Level 1 (2 way) (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
ANZSIC96 Level 1 (1-way) (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
ANZSIC96 Level 1 (2-way) and Size of Firm (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
ANZSIC96 Level 2 (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
ANZSIC96 Level 3 (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
Regional Council (2-way) and ANZSIC96 Level 1 (2-way) (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
Sex and ANZSIC96 Level 1 (2-way) (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
 22 August (ALC) Release of alcohol available for consumption data: June 2013 quarter and year.
 21 August (ITM) International Travel and Migration

We are making changes to some ITM series:

1. Overseas port
We are removing all tables that use the field 'overseas port' from Infoshare in early August 2013. The replacement tables, containing the field 'closest overseas port', are already available for use. For more details, see the ITM entry on 6 May.

2. Visitor departures by country of residence
For visitor departures, the country of residence definition is changing. From July 2013 data, it is the country where the visitor last lived for 12 months or more (country of last permanent residence). Before July 2013, it was the country where the visitor next intended to live for 12 months or more (country of next permanent residence).

The definition change will not affect series identifiers. 


Please contact demography@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.
 16 August (SEP) Release of Ready Mixed Concrete (Rest of New Zealand) data: June 2013 quarter and annual (SEP+.SAF++)
 12 August (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: July 2013 month.
 7 August

(HLF) Household Labour Force Survey

New series
For the June 2013 quarter, we’ll be adding several new series to the Household Labour Force Survey.
The new series will introduce data on the age structures of ethnic populations. The new sampling errors series will strengthen our current series by explaining their sampling errors.

The new series are:
• Labour force status by total resp ethnic group and age group – HLF + .S7A*. Click here for details of the series identifiers.

• Labour force status by sex and age group – sampling errors – HLF + .SASE*.
• Labour force status by sex and total response ethnic group – sampling errors – HLF +.S7SE*.
• Labour force status by sex and regional council – sampling errors – HLF +.S2SE*.
• The jobless by sex and type – sampling errors – HLF +.SXRSE*.
• Labour force status by sex and formal study status – sampling errors – HLF +.SFSE*.
• Persons employed by sex and industry (anzsic06) – sampling errors – HLF +.SJCSE*.
• Persons underemployed by sex - sampling errors – HLF +.SUSE*.
• Youth labour force and education status - sampling errors – HLF +.S8SE*.
• Not in the labour force by sex and main activity - sampling errors – HLF +.SOCSE*.
• Persons employed by sex and employment status - sampling errors – HLF +.SLASE*.
• Employed persons, full and part-time status by sex - sampling errors – HLF +.SISE*.
See details about each series identifier.
7 August (HLF) Household Labour Force Survey

Household composition series
Beginning with the June 2013 quarter, we'll be changing one of the tables in the Household Labour Force Survey information release.
The current table 10, 'household composition by household labour force status', will be replaced by 'employment status by sex'.

If you are currently using the household composition table, please email the Household Labour Force Survey team at hlfs@stats.govt.nz so we can discuss your needs, and the possibility of making the household composition information available on Infoshare.
 2 August (PRP) - Primary Production: Poultry (Meat chicken - dressed weight and number, fresh or frozen) Release : June 2013 quarter and year - PRP+.SAAD*

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July 2013
 31 July

(SEP) Release of ready mixed concrete (Auckland, Northland) data: June 2013 quarter (SEPQ.SAFR6, SEPQ.SAFRA, SEPQ.SAFRB)

From the September 2013 quarter, data for all regions from the Ready-Mixed Concrete Survey will be published at the same time.
 24 July (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: June 2013 month, quarter and year.
 23 July Due to the earthquake on Sunday, Local Authority Financial Statistics: Year ended June 2012, due to be released this morning at 10:45am, is delayed until Wednesday 24 July.
 23 July

(LAF) Local Authority Financial Statistics

Local Authority Financial Statistics will be released on 23 July 2013. This annual release provides annual accounting-based income, expenditure, and financial position information for each local authority in New Zealand.

Local Authority Financial Statistics: Year ended June 2012 information release, available after 10.45am on Tuesday, 23 July 2013, will provide further information from the series.

The following series are available on Infoshare after the release.

 19 July (MFG) Manufacturing Survey (ANZSIC06)

We made a correction to 'Industry by variable (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)' The change is in ‘Closing stocks of finished goods’ (Current values, series id MFGQ.SZ5CA) for the September 2012 quarter.
 19 July

(RNA) Regional gross domestic product

There will be new official time series of gross domestic product (GDP) by region on Infoshare from Friday, 19 July 2013.

These statistics use the 'production measure' of GDP, and are consistent with previously released national-level GDP. Estimates are presented by regional council area and industry, and a second table presents regional GDP per person. Click here for more details of the series identifiers.

To maintain data quality, Tasman and Nelson regions have been combined, and Chatham Islands has been included with Canterbury. Some aggregations of ANZSIC06 industries have also been necessary. More details and methodology are available from the regional gross domestic product landing page.

 
9 July

(ECT) Electronic Card Transactions

New time series data will be available for Electronic Card Transactions (ECT) on Infoshare from Tuesday, 9 July 2013.

1. Quarterly seasonally adjusted and trend data for the eight ECT industry groups.

Name: Values - Electronic card transactions A/S/T by industry group

Reference: ECTQ.S1G&%

Electronic Card Transaction series quarterly type codes (&):
S - Seasonally adjusted
T - Trend

Electronic Card Transaction series industry codes (%):
1 - Consumables
2 - Durables
3 - Hospitality
4 - Services
5 - Apparel
6 - Vehicles (excluding fuel)
7 - Fuel
8 - Non-retail industries (excluding services)

The series will supplement the unadjusted quarterly data that is already available on Infoshare.

2. Annual data and quarterly actual, seasonally adjusted, and trend data for ECT total series.

Name: Total Values - Electronic card transactions A/S/T by division

Reference (quarterly): ECTQ.S19&%
Reference (annual): ECTA.S19A%

Electronic Card Transaction series quarterly type codes (&):
A - Actual
S - Seasonally adjusted
T - Trend

Electronic Card Transaction series industry codes (%):
1 - Total RTS industries
2 - Core RTS industries
9 - Total

There are no seasonally adjusted or trend series for annual data.

 8 July (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: June 2013 month and quarter.
 4 July (SND) National Accounts (ANZSIC06) - System of National Accounts 1993
Errors were discovered in the series listed below for Gross Domestic Product: March 2013 quarter published on 20 June 2013. The series have been corrected and updated.

Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Mar), Nominal, Actual, Total
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Mar), Nominal, Actual, Sector of ownership
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Mar), Nominal, Actual, Asset type
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Jun), Nominal, Actual, Total
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Jun), Nominal, Actual, Sector of ownership
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Jun), Nominal, Actual, Asset type
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Sep), Nominal, Actual, Total
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Sep), Nominal, Actual, Sector of ownership
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Sep), Nominal, Actual, Asset type
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Dec), Nominal, Actual, Total
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Dec), Nominal, Actual, Sector of ownership
Series, Rolling Annuals - IPDs (YE Dec), Nominal, Actual, Asset type

We regret any inconvenience this error caused.
 3 July (FLT) Release of forestry, logging and timber production data: March 2013 quarter.

   

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June 2013
 27 June (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: May 2013 month, quarter and year.
 21 June (GFS) Government Financial Statistics
The Government Financial Statistics (Central Government) is being released for the first time on 21 June 2013. This annual release provides an economic analysis of central government financial activity. It allows readers to easily analyse the collective activity of central government and compare this with other economic indicators, such as gross domestic product.

The Government Financial Statistics (Central Government): Year ended June 2012 information release, available after 10.45am on Friday, 21 June 2013, will provide further information from the series.
The following series are available on Infoshare after the release.
 14 June (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: May 2013 month.
 7 June (SSS) Selected Services Survey: (ANZSIC06): March 2013 quarter

 

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May 2013
 31 May (ALC) Alcohol Available for Consumption: March 2013 quarter
We made some revisions to March 2013 data. Due to a processing error, all series for litres of beverage, litres of alcohol, and litres of alcohol per head of population had been understated.

Infoshare was updated at 10:45am 31 May 2013
 24 May (ALC) Release of alcohol available for consumption data: March 2013 quarter and year.
 24 May (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: April 2013 month, quarter and year.
 15 May (SEP) Release of Ready Mixed Concrete (Rest of New Zealand) data: March 2013 quarter and annual (SEP+.SAF++)
 14 May

(DPE) Demography Population Estimates

New population change series

For the March 2013 quarter, there will be a new series added to the Demography Population Estimates.

This series is the 'Estimated Resident Population by component (1991+)' Click here for details of the series identifiers.

 
 14 May (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: April 2013 month.
 13 May (PRP) - Primary Production: Poultry (Meat chicken - dressed weight and number, fresh or frozen) Release : March 2013 quarter and year - PRPQ.SAAD*
 9 May

(HLF) Household Labour Force Survey

New underemployment series
For the March 2013 quarter, there will be a new series added to the Household Labour Force Survey.
This series is the ‘Persons Underemployed by Sex’ series - HLF+.SU*.  Click here for details of the series identifiers.

This series will replace the ‘Employed Part-Time by Sex by Wanting Hours Change’ series - HLF+.SNH*, which will be discontinued.

The new series will include our new definition of underemployment and an underemployment rate, as well as other variables that are useful to look at in conjunction with underemployment.

Information on the definition of underemployment can be found in Introducing new measures of underemployment. 

 
 6 May

(ITM) International Travel and Migration

We are introducing a new field called 'closest overseas port', and five new tables containing this field on 6 May 2013. The new tables are:

- SRD8 - Short-term NZ traveller departures by closest overseas port
- ST6 - Total passenger movements by closest overseas port and selected NZ ports
- ST7 - Total passenger movements by NZ port and selected closest overseas ports
- SVA9 - Visitor arrivals by country of residence and closest overseas port
- SVD5 - Visitor departures by country of residence and closest overseas port.

Click here for the details of the series identifiers.

Closest overseas port records the first port of a passenger's flight after leaving New Zealand, or the last port of a passenger's flight before arriving in New Zealand. It is not necessarily where the passenger joined or left the flight.

The closest overseas port tables will be replacing the current 'overseas port' tables, which record the port at which the passenger joined or left their flight to/from New Zealand. Overseas port tables will be removed from Infoshare in August 2013. These tables are:
- SRD3 - Short-term NZ traveller departures by overseas port
- ST4 - Total passenger movements by overseas port and selected NZ ports
- ST5 - Total passenger movements by NZ port and selected overseas ports
- SVA5 - Visitor arrivals by country of residence and overseas port
- SVD2 - Visitor departures by country of residence and overseas port.

Please contact demography@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.

 6 May (FLT) Release of forestry, logging and timber production data: December 2012 quarter.
 1 May (SEP) Release of ready mixed concrete (Auckland, Northland) data: March 2013 quarter (SEPQ.SAFR6, SEPQ.SAFRA, SEPQ.SAFRB)
 

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April 2013
 30 April (BLD) Building Consents Issued:
Updated information for the number of new consents issued in Selwyn District has affected the February 2013 data at territorial authority, regional and national levels. The main changes are shown in the table below.
 Geographic area    Series Reference  Published on 28 March 2013   Published on 30 April 2013
 Selwyn District  BLDM.SAC11KS

      20    

  69
 Canterbury Region  BLDM.SHA1113

 351

 400
 New Zealand  BLDM.SHA11RZ

1,493

1,542

Updated information for value of new consents in Selwyn District has also affected the February 2013 at territorial authority, regional and national levels. The main changes at national level are shown in the table below.

 Building Type  Series Reference Published on 28 March 2013  Published on 30 April 2013 
 New dwellings   BLDM.SHA12RZ  $454 million  $471 million
 Dwelling alterations and additions  BLDM.SHA22RZ  $93 million  $94 million
 Total residential buildings  BLDM.SDC92MZ  $561 million  $580 million
 Storage buildings  BLDM.SDK92MZ  $38 million  $49 million
 Farm buildings  BLDM.SDM92MZ  $20 million  $22 million
 Total non-residential buildings  BLDM.SDO92MZ  $285 million  $298 million
 All buildings  BLDM.SDP92MZ  $846 million  $877 million
 Total building and construction  BLDM.SDR92MZ  $867 million  $899 million
 26 April (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: March 2013 month, quarter and year.
 17 April (CPI) Consumer Price Index
With the release of the March 2013 quarter results, five new non-standard quarterly series will be available:
CPI Non-standard All Groups Less/Plus Selected Groupings for New Zealand (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
- All groups less rentals for housing subgroup (series identifier CPIQ.SE9NS1500)
- All groups less food group, household energy subgroup, vehicle fuels, & government charges (series identifier CPIQ.SE9NS1510)
CPI Non-standard Tradable & Non-tradable Component Series (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
- All groups tradables less food group (series identifier CPIQ.SE9NS6020)
- All groups tradables less food group and vehicle fuels (series identifier CPIQ.SE9NS6030)
- All grps non-tradables less rentals for housing, home ownership, & property maint subgrps (series identifier CPIQ.SE9NS6530)
These series go back to either the June 1999 quarter or the June 2006 quarter..
 12 April (SND) The seasonally adjusted series for primary industries (SNDQ.SG01RSC02B01A99) and agriculture, forestry, and fishing (SNDQ.SG01RSC02B01A01 and SNDQ.PG01RSC07B01AA) have been updated. Revisions put through the agriculture component for the 1996–2006 period did not flow through to the seasonally adjusted primary industries and agriculture, forestry, and fishing series due to an error. The revisions did correctly feed through the agriculture component and total GDP, and no other series are affected. We regret any inconvenience this error caused. 
12 April (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: March 2013 month.
11 April (PRD) Education and Health Industry Productivity: 1996–2011, to be published with the Industry Productivity Statistics: 1978–2011 information release on 11 April 2013, will include productivity series for the education and training, and health care and social assistance industries from 1996. The same variables as those currently available at the industry level, except for capital cost proportions and labour income proportions of measured sector, will be released. Data is based on ANZSIC06.

Click here for details of the series identifiers
 3 April

(LTD) Long-term data series:

Police Recorded Crime (Annual-Dec): 1878-2012.  Updates to the long-term data series will now be available on 3 April 2013 at 10:45am.

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March 2013
 27 March (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: February 2013 month.
 12 March (PRP) - Primary Production : Poultry (Meat chicken - dressed weight and number, fresh or frozen) Release : December 2012 quarter and year - PRPQ.SAAD*
 12 March (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: February 2013 month.
 7 March (BOP and IIP) Balance of Payments and International Investment Position
Corrections – 7 March 2013 
We have corrected some figures originally published in Balance of Payments and International Investment Position: Year ended 31 March 2012 on 27 September.

The errors are specific to stocks and flows of direct investment between New Zealand and several economic country groupings (APEC, ASEAN, EU, and the OECD).
They affect periods between the years ended March 2001 and March 2012. To varying degrees, the total stocks or flows for direct investment into those country groupings had been understated or overstated.

The following tables have changes:
(BOP)
BPM5 Direct Investment by Country (Annual-Mar)
(IIP)
New Zealand's IIP Liabilities - Direct Investment by Country (Annual-Mar)
New Zealand's IIP Assets - Direct Investment by Country (Annual-Mar)

We sincerely regret any inconvenience these errors may have caused.
The corrected data is now available on Infoshare.
 7 March (WTS) Wholesale Trade Survey: December 2012 quarter
There has been a revision for the December 2012 quarter due to incorrect summation of the component series for the Wholesale Trade Total Stocks series. It affects the December 2012 quarter for the Other Goods Stocks and Total Stocks series(WTSQ.SE9CA, and WTSQ.SZ9CA).

Infoshare was updated at 1:50pm 7 March 2013
 7 March (SSS) Selected Services Survey: (ANZSIC06): December 2012 quarter
 6 March (BOP and IIP) The Balance of Payments Manual 4 series have been moved to the list of discontinued series.
 5 March

The DLE series using the following old classifications will be moved to the list of discontinued series:

  • Life Expectancy at Birth, Māori Population by Sex
  • Life Expectancy at Birth, Non-Māori Population by Sex

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February 2013
 25 February (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: January 2013 month.
 20 February (HLT) Release of public health sector (District Health Boards) data for September 2012 quarter.
 18 February (FLT) Release of forestry, logging and timber production data: September 2012 quarter.
 14 February (SOW) Release of Social Welfare Benefits and Payments data: June year 2011
 13 February (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: January 2013 month.
 12 February (PRP) - Primary Production: Poultry (Meat chicken - dressed weight and number, fresh or frozen) Release : December 2012 quarter and year - PRPQ.SAAD*
 7 February (HLF) Household Labour Force Survey

With the release of the December 2012 quarter results, two new series on the youth labour force will be available:

• Youth Labour Force and Education Status by Ethnic group by Age group (series identifier HLFQ.S8A)

• Youth Labour Force and Education Status by Ethnic group by Sex (series identifier (HLFQ.S8B)

These series will include data from December 2007 and the ethnicities will be based on the total response method of classification. Quarterly and annual data will be available for these series.
A detailed list of the new Infoshare series is available.
 1 February (SEP) Release of Ready Mixed Concrete (Rest of New Zealand) data: December 2012 quarter and annual (SEP+.SAF++)
 
January 2013
30 January (SEP) Release of ready mixed concrete (Auckland, Northland) data: December 2012 quarter (SEPQ.SAFR6, SEPQ.SAFRA, SEPQ.SAFRB)
29 January

(SND) National Accounts (ANZSIC06) Series, Capital account, Nominal, Seasonally adjusted, Total (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)

Please note the series SNDQ.SG05NSC00P51 - Gross Fixed Capital Formation and SNDQ.SG05NSC00P50 - Gross Capital Formation have been revised.

28 January (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: December 2012 month.
14 January (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: December 2012 month, quarter, and annual.
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