Population milestone - Baby Odette could be No. 5 million
Odette Deane was born in March - Stats NZ says our population hit 5 million that month.
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PM announces larger-than-usual increases for social welfare benefits
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Focus Live: Salvation Army's State of the Nation report reveals Auckland's shock housing surplus.
Lower migration could 'bust' construction
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40,000 'ghost houses': Council wants to use them for homeless
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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.
NZ population nears 5 million after fastest growth in 50 years
The Government has released the first official figures from the troubled 2018 census.
NZ's June quarter GDP shows economy slowing down
Stats NZ said the increase was driven mostly by the service sector.
Stats House collapse haunts Wellington building owners
City council is narrowing down a secret list of buildings following new MBIE guidelines.
Immigration NZ warns of unlicensed agents active in China
Agency says Chinese applicants are being cheated by unlicensed and undeclared agents.
Calls for Govt to target schoolyard over suicide and bullying
Father and scientist Ray Avery says New Zealand's bullying culture is "killing our kids".
Kiwis bunking up in accommodation increases domestically
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'We let NZ down' - Stats boss quits over Census
The head of Statistics NZ has resigned over the troubled 2018 Census.
Chinese activity collapses: Only 75 Auckland homes sold to overseas buyers in past 3 months
The law change has seen the number of overseas buyers collapse.
Brian Fallow: Kiwis up to nostrils in debt - and we're lying low in the water
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Tourism 'devastated' as crucial accommodation data pulled
A tourism leader blames a spat between government agencies for losing key data.
Million Milestones: New levels of tolerance needed as NZ counts down to 5 million
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Where's the substance? Peters questions major new survey
$3m survey designed by Justice Ministry staff and reviewed by experts.
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Sixty to face charges for failing to fill out Census
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Threat looms for Stats NZ chief over Census 2018
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Child poverty increased in 2018 - Stats NZ
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Editorial: Online census has been a disaster
Comment: Last year's census missed too many people.
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