Child poverty mishap: Poverty rates unknown
Unusually low response rates from low-income families have skewed the surveys.
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We need to make long-term changes and look beyond cost, inconvenience and fear of change
Car-crash-related injuries in 2017 hit 16-year high
Māori made up close to 70 per cent of those seriously hurt in road collisions last year.
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Revealed: The most popular birthdays in NZ - how does yours rank?
Did you know the 10 most common birthdays all appear in one 13-day period?
Big manufacturing drop as outages hit production
The survey is the final set of data economists will use to firm up latest GDP forecasts.
The $11b splurge: How Kiwis and tourists spend their money on food
Kiwis and tourists splurged a record $11 billion on these food items in the last year.
NZ population grows by 443,000 - closing in on 5m
High net migration has helped boost NZ's population by 443,000 in five years.
Census chaos: Field workers skipped hard-to-reach houses
A census field worker says this year's survey was frustrating and confusing to work on.
Failure in visitor spending survey alarms tourism group
Visitor spending data has been deficient, leading to a shake-up of the system.
Feedback sought on wellbeing indicators
100 indicators will measure environmental, economic and social wellbeing
Move over Millennials – here comes Gen Z
They're ambitious and confident, but also financially literate and realistic.
Brian Rudman: Census stats down for the count
COMMENT: 'digital-first' approach leaves one in ten of people in New Zealand unrecorded.
Low Census rates cause problems for data collection
Around 10 per cent of New Zealanders didn't fill out their Census forms this year.
Abortions increase for first time since 2007
The abortion rate has risen to 13.7 per 1000 women in NZ - the first rise in 10 years.
One beach, one hour, 1715 pieces of litter
Search starts for "Citizen Scientists" to tackle environmental threat posed by plastic.
Study finds mums take 4.4% pay cut to have a baby
'Motherhood penalty' is worse for mothers who take more than a year off paid work.
Budget 2018: $7.9 million to establish Child Poverty Unit
Two new child poverty reduction units are being established to combat the social issue.
Simon Wilson: In praise of joined-up transport thinking
The good news and the problem with the new transport funding plan for Auckland.
Juha Saarinen: Security flaw alleged in Census website
COMMENT: Researchers say there's a critical flaw in how Statistics NZ set up its website.
Inflation steady as free study offsets ciggie tax
Consumer price index inflation has stayed steady at 1.1 per cent for the year to March.
Concerns raised over aged-care wait times
Hawke's Bay elderly are waiting 9.7 months for aged-care places.
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Mapped: New Zealand's hot spots for drunken violence
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Making sense of the Census: Your questions answered
People can still complete the Census after today.
Census debate: 'Time Pākehā was visible' - academic
One man's protest has made its way to the Census.
Kiwis asked: Who the heck do we think we are?
Nobel winner's book and own immigrant experience sparked move to end stereotyping.
Housing quality survey to get underway
Just what conditions are Kiwis living in? A new survey is aiming to find out just that.
Census should ask about sexual orientation: Shaw
James Shaw wants census to include questions on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Bay's unemployment rate slashed by 3000
Unemployment rate drops on the back of economic growth in Bay region.
Brits, Americans flock to NZ post Brexit and Trump
NZ has once again been labelled a bolthole, this time by the UK's Financial Times.
Trust in political system lowest among Māori
Latest social survey from Stats NZ finds more people trust Parliament than don't.
Jobs outlook good for Hawke's Bay
Trade Me sees positive outlook for new jobs in the Hawke's Bay region.