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Big jump in late-summer visitors to NZ from a year ago

Overseas visitor numbers up, but still not at pre-pandemic levels.

Breaking boundaries: Māori data apprentice empowers iwi resilience

Rickii-Lee Parekura is using data collection to empower her iwi.

More productive land being used for urban development - study

More productive soil is eroding or being used for urban development.

'Silver lining' of immigration: New house consents plummet, what might change that?

'For every three people coming into New Zealand, we need a new house.' - Mike Blackburn.

Will you marry...me and my hybrid workstation?

It's tactical: How working couples make their hybrid work situations suit them.

Home-building construction crunch: Who has failed lately and why

A 12-point list of the many builder failures lately.

We need to talk about the gender pay gap

OPINION: The pay gap actually has little to do with employers short-changing women.

Nexus of nefarious influences hurting NZ manufacturing

Pressures from inflation, high interest rates made year tough for $31 billion sector.

December spending on a “sharper decline than expected”

Electronic card spending fell at the end of last year which might be bad news for retail.

Māori authority exports drop 16 per cent in September quarter

Stats NZ's tatauranga umanga Māori data for the September quarter show a drop in exports.

30,000 more jobs in Auckland - including health sector growth

Healthcare sector the fastest-growing employer nationwide.

Waterbeds, wine coolers and wool bathing shorts: What Consumers Price Index tells us about our past

The CPI has been around for more than 100 years, so is a window to our past.

Hawke’s Bay cruise ship season: No Stats NZ data for biggest ever

There is no Stats NZ cruise ship data, but local businesses say their own numbers speak.

GDP shocker: How badly is NZ’s economy really doing?

The guinea pig economy, or as bad as Equatorial Guinea?

The food prices jumping the most in 2023

Cost of vegetables increases after adverse weather events, disease.

Retail spending up in November but retail outlook remains ‘cautious’

Stats NZ data showed card spending was up across all categories last month.