New Zealand's 2023 census first to collect gender and sexual identity data
Other new questions include activity limitations and or disabilities.
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Her 6-year-old daughter developed lung disease and asthma at their previous state home.
Overwhelming vote by councillors for a Māori Ward in Kaipara
Mayor and deputy mayor of Kaipara vote yes to a Māori ward from the next election.
Collins slams CDHB cash injection; calls it electioneering
The National Party leader has spoken out on Newstalk ZB this morning.
Are influencers headed for oblivion?
They've struck rocky waters - what does the future hold for those wanting to influence us?
NZ's population hits 5 million
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OneRoof report: First home buyers dominate market
Castlecliff is top selling Whanganui suburb
Liam Dann: Busting New Zealand's ageing population myth
Is NZ's population really ageing - new data shows immigration may have changed our future.
Beyond White Guilt: Too scared to try te reo? How to beat 'Pākehā paralysis'
Alex Hotere-Barnes offers some advice from growing up as a Pākehā in the Māori world.
Northland retirement villages booming
A $60m retirement village planned for Whangārei gets the green light from councils.
New residents wax lyrical about the beauty of Northland
Newcomers to Northland talk about what the region offers.
40,000 'ghost houses': Council wants to use them for homeless
The 2018 Census found up to 40,000 empty homes in Auckland.
Deciles axed: schools to be winners, losers
Axing deciles will give more money to some schools and less to others.
'Ghost houses': Thousands of empty homes in AKL CBD
Despite a housing shortage, the vacancy rate was 11 per cent.
School census: Parents firm against cannabis
School census - another pointer to declining support for legalising cannabis?
'We let NZ down' - Stats boss quits over Census
The head of Statistics NZ has resigned over the troubled 2018 Census.
Brian Rudman: Census farce gets serious
COMMENT: 60 recalcitrants are being dragged before judiciary for failing to fill in a form
Focus Live: Government will spend $6m to fix bungled Census
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made her first pre-Budget funding announcement, saying the Government spend almost $6 million to fix issues with the Census.
Letters: Satire galling to Christians
The cartoon would be deemed offensive by tens of thousands of New Zealand Christians.
Brian Rudman: Leave Israel Folau out of hate speech heat
COMMENT: Banning Folau risks creating new martyrs and threatens our free speech tradition.
NZ's failure to recognise minority ethnic communities slammed
Data in NZ available only for ethnic groups with a population of at least 100 people.
Six Northlanders face charges over Census
Alleged failure to fill out Census forms lands six Northlanders in court.
Threat looms for Stats NZ chief over Census 2018
Census completion numbers need context, Stats NZ says.
Editorial: Online census has been a disaster
Comment: Last year's census missed too many people.
Political Roundup: The absolute debacle of the 2018 Census
It was a "digital-first" census - but huge numbers of Kiwis missed out.
Old data being used in DHB funding calculations
2018 Census data won't be ready in time to use in health funding calculations.
Massive historic 'birthday card' goes online
A birthday document signed by nearly 13,000 Aucklanders has been put online
Guessing game: Kiwis rank 2nd in 10-question global quiz
We overestimate immigration and underestimate global warming.
Protection proposed for suburb's name
Wesley seeks to secure suburban name after developer backs off bid to take it.
NZ population grows by 443,000 - closing in on 5m
High net migration has helped boost NZ's population by 443,000 in five years.
Census chaos: Field workers skipped hard-to-reach houses
A census field worker says this year's survey was frustrating and confusing to work on.
Editorial: Pension can't fund 'no frills' retirement
EDITORIAL: The future of an ageing New Zealand needs a lot of creative attention.
Brian Rudman: Census stats down for the count
COMMENT: 'digital-first' approach leaves one in ten of people in New Zealand unrecorded.
Low Census rates cause problems for data collection
Around 10 per cent of New Zealanders didn't fill out their Census forms this year.