Free Access To Statistics New Zealand

People can now find out anything about New Zealand because the country’s 2001 census information is now online.

For the first time, anyone can use over 300 NZ census databases for free. Users of Statistics New Zealand can construct their own sets of information from the census data based on geographic area, ethnic group, age, gender, educational qualifications, income, and employment.

Before this, people had to pay a minimum of NZ$3,300 and up to about NZ$24,000 annually for these services.

Statistics New Zealand (Tatauranga Aotearoa is its Māori name) is a government department and New Zealand’s national statistical office. It administers the Statistics Act 1975, and is the country’s major source of official statistics. Its chief executive has the title of Government Statistician. Prior to December 1994, Statistics New Zealand was known as the Department of Statistics…

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