The number of people making online purchases had increased by 11 per cent since 2009.

A bumper year for the New Zealand film industry saw revenue soar beyond the $3 billion mark in 2012.

New Zealand's research and development spend rose to $2.6b last year but remains far below many other OECD countries as a proportion of GDP.

The number of kiwis who crossed the ditch last month was its lowest in two years, according to figures out today.

Statistics show our beer consumption has dropped significantly. Ahead of this week’s New Zealand Beer Festival, Joanna Mathers wonders if Kiwis are coming to the end of their love affair with beer.

Grieving parents of stillborn babies have joined forces to object to a question in the Census.

Exports fell in the last three months of 2012 in real terms and the impact has been compounded by a decline in what we can buy, by way of imports, for a given quantity of exports.

The New Zealand dollar fell by more than half a US cent today after labour data showed that the employment rate fell to its lowest point in 10 years.

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell from a 13-year high in the last three months of 2012 as people stopped looking for work and the participation rate shrank.

New Zealand labour costs rose in the final three months of 2012 as the gathering pace of Canterbury's reconstruction effort saw the building and construction sector underpin gains.

ASB Bank has today announced reductions to its three, four and five-year fixed home loan rates.

The number of consents issued for new homes continued a 20-month growth trend by rising again in November, show figures out today.

The world's most populous nation has toppled the UK as NZ's second-biggest pool for visitors, though still well behind Australia.

There's been a surprisingly big jump in building activity, with the biggest quarterly gain in the past ten years, driven by construction work in Canterbury and the upper North Island.

New Zealand chalked up its third monthly trade deficit in October, with the annual deficit widening to $1.37 billion.

Exporters' lobby group calls for increasing population through immigration and developing bigger companies.

Aging baby boomers are pushing numbers of those aged 65 and over to unprecedented levels, adding to the financial pressure on the rest of the population.

Seasonal falls in vegetable prices took the food price index down 0.6pc last month.

Money spent by Chinese visitors to New Zealand has soared nearly 40 per cent in the past year, taking it past the UK as our second biggest source of tourism dollars.

New Zealand's population will reach 4,444,444 tomorrow, according to Government population numbers.

More people means more bums on seats - enriching and expanding the arts, sport and media, writes Toby Manhire. "Who honestly can say they feel crowded anywhere in NZ?"