Source: Statistics New Zealand
Regional gross domestic product: Year ended March 2024 – 25 March 2025 – Regional gross domestic product (GDP) is a geographic breakdown of national-level GDP, which is New Zealand’s official measure of economic activity. Figures are expressed in nominal terms, which means they are not adjusted for price effects.
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Source: Statistics New Zealand
Overseas merchandise trade: February 2025 – 21 March 2025 – 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.
In February 2025, compared with February 2024:
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Source: Statistics New Zealand
GDP increases 0.7 percent in the December 2024 quarter – 20 March 2025 – New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.7 percent in the December 2024 quarter, following a 1.1 percent decrease in the September 2024 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.
Eleven of the 16 industries increased this quarter. The largest rises were from rental, hiring, and real estate services; retail trade and accommodation; and healthcare and social assistance.
“Higher spending by international visitors led to increased activity in tourism-related industries such as accommodation, restaurants and bars, transport, and vehicle hiring,” economic growth spokesperson Katrina Dewbery said.
The largest falls were in construction, and information media and telecommunications.
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Source: Statistics New Zealand
Export growth narrows current account deficit to $5.9 billion – 19 March 2025 – The seasonally adjusted current account deficit narrowed to $5.9 billion in the December 2024 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.
The current account deficit was $475 million narrower than the previous quarter due to an increase in the value of services exports (up $688 million) and goods exports (up $669 million).
“Spending by overseas visitors while in New Zealand led the increase in services exports, while dairy and meat led the increase in goods exports,” international accounts spokesperson Viki Ward said.
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Source: Statistics New Zealand
Food prices increase 2.4 percent annually – 14 March 2025 – Food prices increased 2.4 percent in the 12 months to February 2025, following a 2.3 percent increase in the 12 months to January 2025, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.
Higher prices for the grocery food group and the restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food group contributed most to the annual increase in food prices, up 4.3 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively.
The price increase for grocery food was due to higher prices for milk, butter, and olive oil.
The average price of 2L of milk was $4.55 in February 2025, up from $3.94 in February 2024.
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Source: Statistics New Zealand
Selected price indexes: February 2025 – exclusion of rental data – 13 March 2025
The February 2025 SPI release due out tomorrow, 14 March 2025, will not include actual rentals for housing data.
The dataset used to compile this information for this month is incomplete and we are not confident the measure will meet customer expectations. We will provide a further update in due course.
Source: Statistics New Zealand
Electronic card transactions: February 2025 – 12 March 2025 – The electronic card transactions (ECT) series cover debit, credit, and charge card transactions with New Zealand-based merchants. The series can be used to indicate changes in consumer spending and economic activity.
Key facts
All figures are seasonally adjusted unless otherwise specified.
Values are at the national level and are not adjusted for price changes.
February 2025 month
Changes in the value of electronic card transactions for the February 2025 month (compared with January 2025) were:
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Source: Statistics New Zealand
Local authority statistics: December 2024 quarter – 12 March 2025 – Local authority statistics provides information on the performance of core non-trading activities of New Zealand’s territorial and regional councils.
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Source: Statistics New Zealand
Ethnicity, culture, and identity: 2023 Census – 12 March 2025 – Ethnicity, culture, and identity: 2023 Census provides 18 new Aotearoa Data Explorer tables relating to ethnicity, birthplace, languages spoken, and religious affiliation. These are combined with age, gender, occupation, and total personal income, and grouped by geographic area and census year.
Ethnicity, culture, and identity statistics tell us about New Zealand’s increasingly diverse population and provide valuable insights into different groups in our society.
Find topic tables from the latest 2023 Census releases contains the tables in this release and details about them.
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Source: Statistics New Zealand
New Zealand index of socioeconomic deprivation: 2023 Census – 12 March 2025 – New Zealand index of socioeconomic deprivation: 2023 Census provides 18 new Aotearoa Data Explorer tables on the 2023 New Zealand index of socioeconomic deprivation (NZDep2023).
NZDep2023 is a small area measure of socioeconomic deprivation. It is created by the University of Otago from census variables across eight dimensions:
A socioeconomic deprivation decile is calculated for each statistical area 1 (SA1), not for individuals or households. The higher the deprivation decile, the more socioeconomically deprived the area.
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