Changes by date

March 2010

(PPI) Revisions have been made to some producers price index (PPI) figures for the December 2009 quarter, originally published on 16 February 2010.

Dairy product and chemical prices received late in the processing cycle but not included in the originally published figures, have been included in the corrected figures.

A new method for measuring change in farm-gate milk prices was introduced in the December 2009 quarter. The new method involves taking the most recently published figure for the forecast final milk payout, and showing movements in this figure on a quarterly basis. A correction has been made, as the PPI published on 16 February showed an increase from the final milk payout figure for the previous season to the latest available forecast payout for the current season, rather than from an earlier forecast figure for the current season.

Although the impact at the all industries level is small (3 index points for outputs and 2 index points for inputs), the all industries index numbers for the December 2009 quarter have also been corrected, to maintain consistency with the industry groups.

The following series are affected: 

February 2010

A recent review has raised concerns around the imports and exports series titled "Groups by At the time Membership", which is economic country groupings eg OECD, APEC, ASEAN at the time countries are affiliated. As a result, the decision has been made to remove the dataset. The series "Groups by present day membership " which is economic country groupings by current membership remains available.

For further information, please email overseastrade@stats.govt.nz

New subject groups (Births - VSB, Deaths - VSD, and Marriages, civil unions and divorces - VSM) will be available in the Population folder from 10 February 2010. These will eventually replace the subject groups Vitals Statistics – Births - VTB, Vitals Statistics – Deaths - VTD, and Vital Statistics – Marriages - VTM.

The original subject groups (VTB, VTD, and VTM) will continue to be available until 30 June 2010 to allow users time to familiarise themselves with the new subject groups. For further information, including a complete list of the tables in VSB, VSD, and VSM, see Vitals data on Infoshare or email demography@stats.govt.nz.

The following subject groups will be renamed on 10 February 2010.

• Demography – Fertility Measures - DFM will become Birth rates - DFM
• Demography – Mortality Measures - DMM will become Death rates - DMM
• Demography – Marriage Rates - DMR will become Marriage and divorce rates - DMR

All existing tables in these subject groups will continue to be available, and the associated series identifiers remain the same. Some new tables will be available, including age-specific fertility rates and neonatal and post-neonatal death rates. For further information, see Vitals data on Infoshare or email demography@stats.govt.nz

National level statistics for the following additional series will be included in the Agricultural Production Statistics: June 2009 (provisional) release:
AGRA.SADAZZZ Breeding sows, over 1 yrs old
AGRA.SADCZZZ Other pigs
AGRA.SADDZZZ Total pigs
AGRA.SADEZZZ Mated gilts
AGRA.SAU3ZZZ Sweet corn
AGRA.SAUXZZZ Peas
AGRA.SAY2ZZZ Blackcurrants
AGRA.SAYIZZZ Cherries

The following series will not be included in the provisional release. Statistics for those two series will be released in the final report on 13 May 2010.
AGRA.SAYKZZZ Kiwifruit
AGRA.SAYEZZZ Peaches

January 2010

(BLD) Building Consents Issued: December 2009, will include new quarterly seasonally adjusted and trend series.

The new series are:  

(SEP) Release of ready mixed concrete data by region (Auckland, Northland -SEPQ.SAFR6, SAFRA, SAFRB): December 2009 quarter and year.

(LSS) Release of livestock slaughtering data: November 2009 month.

(FLT) Release of forestry, logging and timber production data: September 2009 quarter.

 Publication of quarterly forestry, logging and timber production data has been updated at 3.50pm 21 January 2010. This affects the following series:
FLTQ.SPFA - Total Pulp
FLTQ.SPGA - Total Paper

(ACS) There is a minor update to Accommodation Survey data for August 2009.
The effect on all variables is less than 1 percent and affects the following series: