New Zealand’s dairy sector has surpassed two billion kilograms of milksolids for the first time, hitting 2.02 billion kgMS in the 2025/26 season, up 4.5% year-on-year.
New Zealand goods exports rose by $707m or 12% in September 2026 to a total of $6.5bn compared with a year earlier, according to the latest data from Stats NZ.
Foodstuffs says its annual food price inflation across the comparable FPI basket was 1.6%, compared with Stats NZ annual food price inflation of 2.4%.
Food prices rose on an annual but were flat on a monthly basis in September, according to the latest data from Stats NZ, with the year-on-year increase coming in at 2.4%.
Petrol and diesel prices both increased in September 2026, compared with August 2026, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.
New Zealand goods exports rose by $888m or 15% in August 2026 to a total of $6.7bn, compared with August 2025, according to the latest data from Stats NZ.
Hospitality company liquidations jumped 42% over the past year, with 422 businesses entering liquidation compared with 297 a year earlier, according to Centrix’s latest Credit Indicator report.
Stat NZ is collecting data from a grocery comparison app to monitor weekly food prices during the fuel crisis in addition to the monthly supermarket scanner data, according to RNZ.
The average area of Māori farms was 2.5 times larger than the average area of all farms in New Zealand in 2025, according to figures released by Stats NZ.
New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose to a decade-high 5.6% in the June 2026 quarter, exceeding market expectations of 5.4%, according to the latest figures from Stats NZ.
New Zealand’s total exports were valued at $8.9 billion in May 2026, up $1.4bn or 18% compared with the same period last year, according to figures released by Stats NZ.
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