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The largest change associated with New Zealand’s ageing population has been growth of the 65-years-and-older age group (65+). Within this group, the older 75-years-and-older (75+) portion is starting to overtake the younger 65-74-year-olds.

The new Incentives for Growth Fund will provide a limited amount of additional funding to local councils, although for many, the additional funding will be limited.

With the release of term 1 of 2026 school attendance data, we look at how attendance has improved in recent years and how the same disparities in attendance across ethnicities, socio-economic deprivation, and regions remain.

The 2026 Election campaign has well and truly kicked off. In the last month, there has been a flurry of party-political announcements.

March quarter transport cost data only captures a small portion of the spike in fuel prices that has occurred due to the Iran War. On average over the quarter, diesel prices were 7.8% higher than in the December 2025 quarter.

New Zealand’s economy continued to recovery solidly at the start of 2026, ahead of the economic storm triggered by the Iran War, according to Infometrics’ latest monitoring of regional economies.

New Zealand’s labour market data is often reduced to a single headline number – the unemployment rate. But that narrow focus risks missing the much broader story playing out beneath the surface.

The pace of supplier cost increases to Foodstuffs supermarkets in April was slightly lower than last month, with the Infometrics-Foodstuffs New Zealand Grocery Supplier Cost Index (GSCI) showing an average 2.0% increase in what suppliers charged in April 2026, compared with a year earlier.

New Zealand’s persistently weak productivity performance has become one of the defining economic challenges of recent decades, weighing on income growth, public finances, and the country’s ability to deliver the infrastructure and housing it needs.

What do Kaipara, Kawerau, Otorohanga, Christchurch and Selwyn have in common? They all make their district valuation roll (DVR) available to the public through LINZ’s NZ Properties dataset. In this weeks’ insight, we dive into Christchurch City’s DVR data to highlight what is possible, and encourage more councils to share their DVR data.