Statistics NZ and the Department of Internal Affairs are pleased to present the Regional Stocktake. The stocktake delivers a comprehensive list of sub-nationally available central government datasets and supporting information.
It should be used as a first port of call for any potential user of sub-national information, from local and central government to independent researchers. The Regional Stocktake has delivered in its vision to provide a clear guide to sub-national datasets held by Statistics NZ and central government and provides a strong base for future development of further research tools.
This project is one of the steps towards providing an all of government perspective to support community outcomes monitoring. It responds to concerns raised at the series of regional seminars on Local Government Monitoring and Reporting held by Local Government New Zealand, with the support of the Department of Internal Affairs and Statistics NZ in 2006.
The stocktake now provides an easy means of identifying information to monitor and research local government-oriented strategies. As a result of this project, future recommendations have been made in an internal document. These include:
- regular maintenance and updating the stocktake information
- using Statisphere (New Zealand's Official Statistics portal) as a possible place for storing the stocktake information
- approaching all central government agencies to seek further information and to build on the datsets included within the spreadsheet
- reviewing sub-national information from the stocktake to the Quarterly Regional Review (a quarterly release of sub-national statistics published by Statistics NZ), with a view to expanding the information contained within
- a quality assessment of contained datasets.
Regional Stocktake report and results
Regional Stocktake report (PDF, 712KB)
Regional Stocktake spreadsheet update October 2007 (Excel, 908KB)
Spreadsheet update as at October 2007
The Regional Stocktake spreadsheet has been updated as at October 2007. This is the first update since its initial release in March 2007. We are presently reviewing a maintenance strategy for future updates of the stocktake.
This update includes newly released datasets, previous datasets unknown to Statistics NZ, and enhancements to previous stocktake information.
The following datasets and publications have been added or enhanced in the spreadsheet:
- Household Use of Information and Communication Technology – Statistics NZ
- QuickStats publications from the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings – Statistics NZ
- A report on the Post Enumeration Survey 2006 – Statistics NZ
- PHIOnline (visualisation tool) – Ministry of Health
- New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey 2006 – Ministry of Justice
- Table Builder tables for Census 2006 – Statistics NZ
- Regional fact sheets - benefits – Ministry of Social Development
- Local authority financial statistics – Statistics NZ
- Digital Boundaries – Statistics NZ
- StreetLink – Statistics NZ
- New Zealand: An Urban/Rural Profile – Statistics NZ
- Statistical profiles for individual councils – Department of Internal Affairs
- Council community profiles – Department of Internal Affairs
- Quality of Life project – Big Cities
- Resident's Survey 2006 – Big Cities
- Climate Data and Activities – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
- National Qualifications Framework Statistics – New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA)
- The Social Report – Ministry of Social Development.
Further information
The original version of the stocktake spreadsheet dated March 2007 is available by request.
People who are interested in this project may also be interested in keeping up to date with other Statistics NZ initiatives focused on community outcomes monitoring.
For more information about community outcomes monitoring, or the March spreadsheet please contact info@stats.govt.nz.
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