They're ambitious and confident, but also financially literate and realistic.

COMMENT: 'digital-first' approach leaves one in ten of people in New Zealand unrecorded.

Around 10 per cent of New Zealanders didn't fill out their Census forms this year.

The abortion rate has risen to 13.7 per 1000 women in NZ - the first rise in 10 years.

Search starts for "Citizen Scientists" to tackle environmental threat posed by plastic.

'Motherhood penalty' is worse for mothers who take more than a year off paid work.

Two new child poverty reduction units are being established to combat the social issue.

The good news and the problem with the new transport funding plan for Auckland.

COMMENT: Researchers say there's a critical flaw in how Statistics NZ set up its website.

Economy Hub looks at GDP growth. Is it still the best way to measure a nations progress.

Where do assaults happen in NZ and what's that got to do with bars and deprivation?

People can still complete the Census after today.

One man's protest has made its way to the Census.

Nobel winner's book and own immigrant experience sparked move to end stereotyping.

Just what conditions are Kiwis living in? A new survey is aiming to find out just that.

James Shaw wants census to include questions on gender identity and sexual orientation.

Unemployment rate drops on the back of economic growth in Bay region.

NZ has once again been labelled a bolthole, this time by the UK's Financial Times.

Whanganui's population rose by 700 people last year

Historical revision of GDP tells the good times were even better than we thought.

Managing the cut in migration while trying to maintain a buoyant economy is ''delicate".

Pumpkin prices are at the highest since records began.

Higher fuel prices and as Black Friday holiday bargains boosted retail spending.

Couples without children are the fastest growing category of families.

Significant national questions part of Stats NZ push to have Kiwis answer census online.

Wellington is picking up the pieces a year on from the central NZ quake.

Trees fruit yearly, with avocado volumes rising one year, then falling the next.

The childless couple is predicted to be the fastest growing family type

The Wellington building suffered damage in last November's Kaikoura earthquake.

Workers in one part of New Zealand earn $100 a week more than they did last year.