News
Local Government Connection – A web based newsletter promoting the release and availability of sub national data to subscribers.
Community News – A newsletter produced by Statistics New Zealand every 2-3 months to inform and educate community organisations on statistics and how to access statistics.
Other Statistics New Zealand electronic newsletters – This is a list of the various newsletters published by Statistics New Zealand: Expert Data Users News, StatsNews, Business Performance Statistics, Census Advisory, Environmental Statistics, Housing Statistics, INFOS update, Publication Calendar and Survey of Family, Income, and Employment (SoFIE) News.
Data
2006 Census: QuickStats about a place
Brief overviews of New Zealand's communities, with lists of facts, simple tables and graphs.
Click here to access Community Profiles, a similar product from the 2001 Census.
Business in New Zealand – Business in New Zealand contains a summary of the number of businesses and detailed industry statistics by regional council or territorial authority (city or district).
Regional statistics by subject matter – Access to the range of published regional statistics by subject matter.
Table Builder – Interactive tabular information about, and access points to, a range of subnational data published using Table Builder. The topics available are Agriculture, Business, Employment and Unemployment (Labour Market), Exports and Imports, Housing Quality, Income, Injury, Population Projections, Population Census and Recorded Crime.
Quarterly Regional Review – This review brings together a range of data from Statistics New Zealand and external agencies. The Quarterly Regional Review is a subscription based product and can be produced for any territorial authority or regional council in New Zealand.
Help
Table Builder help – Table Builder help contains information about how to use Table builder.
Guide for the collection of Community Information – This is an easy to follow guide providing an outline of what is involved in running a survey and sound practical advice on survey methods, including examples from Statistics New Zealand's experience of running surveys.
Guide for Good Survey Design (PDF, 2.4 Mb) – The guide deals briefly with undertaking, designing, managing and processing a survey. Also included is a reading list for fuller treatments of specific issues and suggestions about where to obtain expert opinion and advice.
Other Links
What is a Survey? – This 'What is a Survey' booklet is written primarily for non-specialists. It was designed to promote a better understanding of what is involved in carrying out sample surveys, especially those aspects that have to be taken into account in evaluating the results of surveys.
Australian Bureau of Statistics – These reference materials provide a range of information to assist survey managers, researchers and others interested in the design and coordination of surveys. The materials include Sample size calculator, Survey design materials and Survey design news.
Linked indicators – a report on the list of cultural, economic, environmental and social indicators derived from central government that are relevant to local government.
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