Changes by date

Upcoming data changes

  • Discontinued Household Labour Force Survey series using old classifications from 3 May 2012.
  • The February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch has affected the release date of some of our information releases. Check the updated schedule in the release calendar.
  • Information about data changes for Auckland Council: Changes to Auckland’s local government came into effect on 1 November 2010. For information on how Statistics New Zealand is managing data affected by the council restructure, please visit www.stats.govt.nz/aucklandcouncil. We will add details in the 'Changes by date' below when Infoshare is affected.
  • Industry data changes under the ANZSIC 2006 classification: The timetable for the next update is listed under ANZSIC06 Release dates.

Details of the series changed will be added to the calendar below before the data is released.

Changes by date  

 May 2012
 30 May (BLD) Building Consents Issued:

 

This release for Building Consents Issued: April 2012 will include amended figures for February 2012. Late data for a consent issued in Selwyn district will alter the value and number of non-residential buildings. The main series for Selwyn district that will be affected are:

BLDM.SAL12KS Factories and industrial buildings  Value 
BLDM.SAO12KS Total non-residential buildings Value
BLDM.SAP12KS Total buildings Value
BLDM.SAR12KS Total authorisations issued Value

This revision of data will also affect the equivalent series for the Canterbury region, South Island, and New Zealand.
 25 May (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: April 2012 month.
 23 May (ALC) Release of alcohol available for consumption data: March 2012 quarter and year.
 22 May (SND) Annual national accounts

The annual national accounts series have been updated on 22 May, with improved estimates for change in inventories. These estimates will be consistent with the first release of quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) under an updated industry classification (ANZSIC06), published on 15 May.

The current published estimates of change in inventories were produced using interim data and systems. The updated estimates will have revisions to national change in inventories (and other related variables, such as GDP) from 2007 onwards. Change in inventories by industry will also be revised, from 1987 onwards, which will create revisions to value added by industry.

These revisions only have a small impact on the Institutional Sector Accounts. As a result, these Infoshare series will not be updated until the next publication later in 2012.

 17 May (NRG) Release of energy price indexes: March 2012 quarter (NRG+.SI+)
 17 May (PRP) Release of Poultry data: March 2012 quarter and year (PRP+.SAA++)
 16 May (SEP) Release of Ready Mixed Concrete (Rest of New Zealand) data: March 2012 quarter and annual (SEP+.SAF++)
 15 May

(SNDQ) Gross domestic product - new industry classification

Statistics New Zealand postponed the 27 April reissue of historic gross domestic product (GDP) data that incorporates the new Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) 2006. The data will now be released on Tuesday 15 May at 10.45am.  GDP for the March 2012 quarter will still be published on 21 June.

 15 May (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: April 2012 month.
 

(RTT) Retail Trade Survey ANZSIC06 data:

Sales and stock data for the December 2011 quarter have been revised. This revision results from updated tax data, and was made to maintain consistency with previous periods.  Users should note that as well as the industries listed below, all national and regional totals are affected.

 
Sales  Series reference  Stocks   Series reference
Furniture, floor coverings, houseware, textiles RTTQ.S1AGC Specialised food RTTQ.S2ABC 
Pharmaceutical and other store-based retailing RTTQ.S1AMC  Non-store and commission-based retailing  RTTQ.S2AEC
Fuel RTTQ.S1AQC Furniture, floor coverings, houseware, textiles RTTQ.S2AGC
Accommodation RTTQ.S1AUC Fuel RTTQ.S2AQC
Food and beverage services RTTQ.S1AVC  Accommodation RTTQ.S2AUC
    Food and beverage services RTTQ.S2AVC
 14 May

(RTN) Retail Trade Survey ANZSIC96 data:

Sales and stock data for the December 2011 quarter have been revised. This revision results from updated tax data, and was made to maintain consistency with previous periods.

 14 May

(RTN) Retail Trade Survey ANZSIC96 data:

This series will be discontinued after the March 2012 quarter (scheduled to be released on 14 May 2012). From the June 2012 quarter onwards, Retail Trade Survey data will only be available on an ANZSIC 2006 basis (RTT).
 14 May

 Demography Age Estimates (DAE) & Demography Population Estimates (DPE)

New group name and variable selection

Demography Population Estimates (DPE) will be renamed ‘Population Estimates – DPE’ and amended to display the following series:

1. Estimated Resident Population for New Zealand by Age and Sex (Annual-Dec)

- Estimates type (as at/mean)
- Population group (male/female/total)
- Time (year 1991+)
- Age (single year of age/five-year age groups/broad age groups/median/total all ages)

2. Estimated Resident Population for New Zealand by Age and Sex (Annual-Jun)

- Estimates type (as at/mean)
- Population group (male/female/total)
- Time (year 1991+)
- Age (single year of age/five-year age groups/broad age groups/median/total all ages)

3. Estimated Resident Population for New Zealand by Age and Sex (Annual-Mar)

- Estimates type (as at/mean)
- Population group (male/female/total)
- Time (year 1991+)
- Age (single year of age/five-year age groups/broad age groups/median/total all ages)

4. Estimated Resident Population for New Zealand by Age and Sex (Annual-Sep)

- Estimates type (as at/mean)
- Population group (male/female/total)
- Time (year 1991+)
- Age (single year of age/five-year age groups/broad age groups/median/total all ages)

5. Estimated Resident Population for New Zealand by Age and Sex (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)

- Estimates type (as at/mean)
- Population group (male/female/total)
- Time (year and quarter e.g. 1991Q4)
- Age (single year of age/five-year age groups/broad age groups/median/total all ages)

6. Estimated Resident Population by Sex, Mean Quarter Ended (1991+) (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)

- Population group (male/female/total)
- Time (year and quarter e.g. 1991Q4)

The three series for estimated resident population for regional councils, territorial authorities, and urban areas, at 30 June, will remain unchanged.

See Concordance-to-new-DPE-identifiers14May2012 in Excel for details of the new series identifiers.

Discontinued DAE group
The DAE Group will be moved to our list of discontinued series. National population estimates by age will be available from the Population Estimates (DPE) series.

Discontinued series from DPE
The following series will be discontinued from DPE:
Estimated Resident Population by Sex (1991+) (Annual-Dec)
Estimated Resident Population by Sex (1991+) (Annual-Jun)
Estimated Resident Population by Sex (1991+) (Annual-Mar)
Estimated Resident Population by Sex (1991+) (Annual-Sep)
Estimated Resident Population by Sex (1991+) (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
Estimated Resident Population by Sex, Mean Year Ended (1991+) (Annual-Dec)
Estimated Resident Population by Sex, Mean Year Ended (1991+) (Annual-Jun)
Estimated Resident Population by Sex, Mean Year Ended (1991+) (Annual-Mar)
Estimated Resident Population by Sex, Mean Year Ended (1991+) (Annual-Sep)
Estimated Resident Population by Sex, Mean Year Ended (1991+) (Qtrly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)

 9 May

(ECT) Electronic Card Transactions

Statistics NZ is postponing the release of electronic card transactions data for the month of April, until 11 May 2012. The release was originally scheduled for Wednesday 9 May. The 48-hour delay in publication is due to a delay with data supply. We apologise for the inconvenience.

 3 May

Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) discontinued series.

With the release of the March 2012 quarter HLFS on 3 May, we are no longer dual-coding the classifications used for industry and occupation.  The following changes apply in Infoshare.

The HLF series using the following old classifications move to the list of discontinued series:

  • ANZSIC96 – Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 1996
  • NZSC090 – New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations 1990.

The series affected by this change are:

  • (SJB) Persons employed by sex by industry, ANZSIC 1996
  • (SZA) Persons employed by sex by occupation
  • (SYB) Persons unemployed in the labour force by sex by occupation sought, NZSCO 1990

These HLF series using the old classifications were replaced when new classifications (below) were implemented. The new classifications were first used in the September 2009 quarter release.

  • ANZSIC06 – Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006
  • ANZSCO – Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations.

More information can be found in 'Implementing ANZSIC 2006 in the Household Labour Force Survey' and 'Implementing ANZSCO in the Household Labour Force Survey'
http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/income-and-work/employment_and_unemployment/implementing-anzsic06-in-the-hlfs.aspx
http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/income-and-work/employment_and_unemployment/implementing-anzsco-in-the-hlfs.aspx
 3 May Changes to 2011 divorce statistics, to be released on 3 May 2012.
From 2011, divorce statistics will be based on the year the order of dissolution of marriage was granted. All data published for 2011 will refer to orders granted in New Zealand in 2011. Data before 2011 is based on the date that information about the order was received by Statistics New Zealand. For example, 2010 data may include an order granted before 2010. Hence, data from 2011 may not be directly comparable with data before 2011.
This change has resulted from a change in the way the data is collected by Statistics NZ. Data is now delivered electronically to Statistics NZ from the Ministry of Justice rather than being delivered from individual family courts. This has increased efficiency and reduced costs for both Statistics NZ and the Ministry of Justice.
 1 May

 (LCI) Labour Cost Index

A new series ‘Proportion of private sector salary and wage rates increasing’, will be available on Infoshare from 1 May 2012.
Series identifiers are:
LCIQ.SX419Q – Private sector proportion increasing from previous quarter
LCIQ.SX419A – Private sector proportion increasing from same quarter of previous year 

 

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 April 2012
 27 April  (SNDQ) Gross domestic product – new industry classification

A new industry classification – the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006 (ANZSIC06) – is being implemented into quarterly gross domestic product (GDP). This new industry classification replaces ANZSIC96. The first release of quarterly GDP on the new ANZSIC06 basis will be on Friday 27 April at 10:45am.

The 27 April release of GDP will include revised GDP data, on the new industry basis, from June 1987 to December 2011. It will also include updated benchmarks for both GDP and the expenditure measure of GDP (GDE). The first release of GDP for the March 2012 quarter will be on 21 June 2012.

Implementing ANZSIC 2006 in national accounts and productivity statistics, published 25 October 2011, explains the main differences between the ANZSIC96 and ANZSIC06. More information about the changes to the industry classification are on the ANZSIC06 page on our website.

See GDP-series-reference-concordance27Apr2012 in Excel for details of the new series identifiers. See GDP-ANZSIC06-tables27Apr2012 to see how the new GDP tables will look. The improved structure makes it easier to find series and the updated GDP tables present the data in a more logical way. Concordances between the old and new GDP series are also included.
 27 April

Update: The release of quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) under an updated industry classification has been postponed. As a result the update of annual national accounts series mentioned below has also been postponed.

(SND) Annual national accounts

The annual national accounts series will be updated on 27 April, with improved estimates for change in inventories. This update comes at the same time as the first release of quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) under an updated industry classification (ANZSIC06).

The current published estimates of change in inventories were produced using interim data and systems. The updated estimates will have revisions to national change in inventories (and other related variables, such as GDP) from 2007 onwards. Change in inventories by industry will also be revised, from 1987 onwards, which will create revisions to value added by industry.

These revisions only have a small impact on the Institutional Sector Accounts. As a result, these Infoshare series will not be updated until the next publication later in 2012.

For more information, or to comment, please contact Daniel Lensen (daniel.lensen@stats.govt.nz).

 26 April (SEP) Release of ready mixed concrete data by region (Auckland, Northland -SEPQ.SAFR6, SAFRA, SAFRB): March 2012 quarter.
 24 April (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: March 2012 month, quarter, and year.
 18 April

This problem is now resolved.

The message "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" appears when trying to retrieve trade data with the following four countries as part of the selection.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands - CC
Gaza Strip/Palestine /West Bank - PS
Lesotho - LS
St Helena - SH

Please remove these four countries to retrieve data for your other country selections.
We hope to have this problem resolved as soon as possible.

 12 April (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: March 2012 month, quarter and year

March 2012
30 March (ITM) International Travel and Migration
Permanent & long-term migration by ctry of residence, citizenship and NZ area (Monthly)
Permanent & long-term migration by ctry of residence, citizenship and NZ area (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)

Permanent & long-term monthly and quarterly migration data for country of residence Australia by New Zealand area is now available in Infoshare. This data was previously only available for the annual series (March, June, September, and December years).
 29 March

(RTI) Christchurch Retail Trade Indicator

The Christchurch retail trade indicator is a new experimental series. It is released by Statistics NZ to provide information on the state of the Christchurch retail trade industry after the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Because the statistics reflect new methods that may be modified, they are released on a provisional basis.

This new activity measure includes sales of retail goods and services, together with some other income such as sales of capital items and businesses, and insurance pay-outs resulting from the earthquakes.

Further information on the series will be available in the Christchurch Retail Trade Indicator: December 2011 quarter information release after 10.45am, Thursday 29 March 2012.

The following series are available on Infoshare:

RTIQ.S9[AST]
Actual, seasonally adjusted and trend series for total Christchurch activity (ANZSIC06 G and H combined)
RTIQ.SG[AST]
Actual, seasonally adjusted and trend series for Christchurch retail trade activity (ANZSIC06 G)
RTIQ.SH[AST]
Actual, seasonally adjusted and trend series for Christchurch accommodation and food services activity (ANZSIC06 H)

28 March (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: February 2012 month.
22 March             (HLT) Release of public health sector (District Health Boards) data for December 2011 quarter.
 14 March

(MAN) Economic Survey of Manufacturing

The ANZSIC96 series for the December 2011 quarter (delayed from 8 March).
14 March

(WTS) Wholesale Trade Survey

The ANZSIC96 series for the December 2011 quarter (delayed from 7 March).
ANZSIC96 WTS - Actuals - by ANZIND (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
 12 March (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: February 2012 month.
 8 March (MAN) Economic Survey of Manufacturing

The ANZSIC96 series for the December 2011 quarter will not be available in Infoshare on 8 March as scheduled.

It is expected that the series will be made available in the next few days.
A further update to the notices pages will be made when the series is available.

(MFG) Manufacturing Survey (ANZSIC06) series will be available on 8 March as scheduled.
 7 March (WTS) Wholesale Trade Survey

The ANZSIC96 series for the December 2011 quarter will not be available in Infoshare on 7 March as scheduled.
ANZSIC96 WTS - Actuals - by ANZIND (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)

It is expected that the series will be made available in the next few days.
A further update to the notices pages will be made when the series is available.

The ANZSIC06 series will be available on 7 March as scheduled.
Industry by variable (ANZSIC06) (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
 7 March (SSS) Selected Services Survey: (ANZSIC06): December 2011 quarter
 
February 2012
 29 February (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: January 2012 month.
 27 February (TEX, TRX, TIM, EXP, IMP) The release of the January 2012 trade statistics implements the latest five-yearly major review of the Harmonised System (HS2012). HS2012 replaces the 2007 version (HS2007). We will use HS2012 within overseas merchandise trade statistics until the next five-yearly review in 2017. Minor amendments may still occur on a quarterly basis.

The classification change means data users need to take care when analysing time series data, although changes from this review are not as significant as when HS2007 was introduced. To help users, we are providing a supplementary table with the Overseas Merchandise Trade: January 2012 information release on our website. This table uses the HS2012 classification to estimate January 2011, for comparison. Some assumptions had to be made to do this, so the results are not perfect, but the process almost removes the effect of the classification change from the data.

Although the classification change potentially affects the published seasonally adjusted and trend series, our investigations so far show a negligible effect. We will communicate any effects we find when conducting our normal seasonal adjustment or trend series review processes.

Implementing HS2012 will also affect the overseas trade indexes (OTI). However, due to the way the OTI is calculated, the full effect of the change will not be implemented until the September 2013 quarter.

For more information on how HS2012 has affected overseas merchandise trade data, see: Harmonised System 2012 and trade statistics

For information about the HS2012 classification, see: Harmonised System 2012 

For further information or comments please email overseastrade@stats.govt.nz
 23 February

(SND) Annual national accounts

These series will be updated on 23 February 2012 to incorporate data for 1972–1986. This will extend the current ANZSIC06 timeseries (1987–2011), which was published on 18 November 2011.

Implementing ANZSIC 2006 in national accounts and productivity statistics, published 25 October 2011, describes the methods used to produce the historical ANZSIC06 time series.

 20 February

 (NRG) Release of energy price indexes: December 2011 quarter (NRG+.SI+)
 20 February (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: January 2012 month.
 20 February

(LCI) Labour Cost Index

New series
Historical LCI distributional information (ie distribution of annual movements, distribution of annual increases by reason, and median and mean increases), which are included in the commentary and tables of the LCI information releases, will be available on Infoshare from 20 February 2012.
A list of the new series references can be found in the December 2011 quarter release.

Discontinued series
The LCI series using the following old classifications will be moved to the list of discontinued series:

  • NZSIC – New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
  • ANZSIC96 – Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 1996
  • NZSCO90 – New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations 1990
  • NZSC099 – New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations 1999.

The LCI series using the old classifications were replaced when new classifications were implemented. The following are the latest classifications, which were first used from the September 2009 quarter release:

  •  ANZSIC06 – Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006
  • ANZSCO – Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations.

 
 8 February (SEP) Release of Ready Mixed Concrete (Rest of New Zealand) data: December 2011 quarter and annual (SEP+.SAF++)
 8 February (PRP) Release of Poultry data: December 2011 quarter and year (PRP+.SAA++)
 7 February (LCI) Labour Cost Index (Salary and Wage Rates). The labour cost index analytical unadjusted figures for the December 2011 quarter will not be available on Infoshare until Wednesday, 8 February 2012. In the meantime, the December 2011 quarter analytical unadjusted figures are available in tables 8.1 and 8.2 of Labour Cost Index (Salary and Wage Rates): December 2011 quarter, tables.
 2 February

(OSC) Overseas Cargo Statistics

The Overseas Cargo statistics released on 28 October 2011 have been revised for the months September 2011 to December 2011 inclusive, as advised in the Tuesday 31 January announced error. While all series have been updated, the affected series are:

OSC+.SENZAAKLF, OSC+.SENZAVARF, OSC+.SENZAVARW, OSC+.SENZAZ99F, OSC+.SENZAZ99W, OSC+.SENZPZ99F, OSC+.SENZPZ99W, OSC+.SENZSDUDF, OSC+.SENZSDUDW, OSC+.SENZSIVCF, OSC+.SENZSIVCW, OSC+.SENZSNPEF, OSC+.SENZSNPLF, OSC+.SENZSNSNF, OSC+.SENZSVARF, OSC+.SENZSVARW, OSC+.SENZSZ99F, OSC+.SENZZZ99F, OSC+.SENZZZ99W, OSC+.SINZAVARC, OSC+.SINZAVARW, OSC+.SINZAZ99C, OSC+.SINZAZ99W, OSC+.SINZPZ99C, OSC+.SINZSDUDC, OSC+.SINZSDUDW, OSC+.SINZSIVCC, OSC+.SINZSIVCW, OSC+.SINZSNPEC, OSC+.SINZSNPEW, OSC+.SINZSNPLC, OSC+.SINZSNPLW, OSC+.SINZSNSNC, OSC+.SINZSNSNW, OSC+.SINZSTIUC, OSC+.SINZSVARC, OSC+.SINZSVARW, OSC+.SINZSWREC, OSC+.SINZSZ99C, OSC+.SINZSZ99W, OSC+.SINZZZ99C, OSC+.SINZZZ99W.

For these tables:
Total Exports by New Zealand Port (Half-yearly,Jun/Dec)
Total Exports by New Zealand Port (Monthly)
Total Exports by New Zealand Port (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)
Total Imports by New Zealand Port (Half-yearly,Jun/Dec)
Total Imports by New Zealand Port (Monthly)
Total Imports by New Zealand Port (Qrtly-Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec)

 

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January 2012
 31 January

(OSC) Overseas Cargo Statistics
An error within these series has been discovered. The corrected data will be released on Thursday 2 February 2012 at 10:45am.  In the meantime we recommend using with caution. 

Please note that the value component of these series can be sourced from Table Builder.  Further specific detail regarding the affected series will be made available when released on Thursday.
 27 January (SEP) Release of ready mixed concrete data by region (Auckland, Northland -SEPQ.SAFR6, SAFRA, SAFRB): December 2011 quarter.
 26 January (LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: December 2011 month and December 2011 quarter and year.
 19 January

 The consumers price index (CPI) trimmed mean and weighted percentile figures for the December 2011 quarter will not be available on Infoshare until Friday 20 January 2011. In the meantime, the December 2011 quarter trimmed mean and weighted percentile figures are available in tables 11 and 12 of the CPI information release:

Tables
19 January (FLT) Release of forestry, logging and timber production data: September 2011 quarter and year.
13 January (TPT) Release of transport vehicle registrations data: December 2011 month, quarter, and annual.
10 January

(BLD) This release for Building Consents Issued: November 2011 will include revised figures for July 2011. The revisions are due to corrected data received for a consent issued in Hamilton City. The revisions include a change to the number, value, and floor area of dwellings and non-residential buildings in Hamilton city, and the following series for Hamilton city on Infoshare:

BLDM.SAB11FP   Apartments  Number
BLDM.SAB12FP  Apartments  Value
BLDM.SAB13FP  Apartments  Floor area
BLDM.SAF11FP  Hospitals, nursing homes  Number
BLDM.SAF12FP  Hospitals, nursing homes  Value
BLDM.SAF13FP  Hospitals, nursing homes  Floor area

This revision of data will have an effect on the total number, value and floor area for Waikato Region and New Zealand totals for these building consent types.