Official statistics provide: information for government, government departments, local authorities and businesses to use in making policy decisions measures of New Zealand's economic, social and environmental situation for the general public, government, local authorities and businesses. Official statistics are defined in the Statistics Act 1975 as statistics derived by government departments from: statistical surveys administrative and registration records, and other documents from which statistics are, or could be, derived and published. Further information about official statistics A Data Archive for the Official Statistics System A Government-wide Statistical SystemAdvisory Committee on Official Statistics (ACOS)Agencies Contributing Resources to StatisphereGlossaryMicrodata AccessMinisterial Approval Process for SurveysOther Portals for Official StatisticsPolicy for Handling Errors in Published StatisticsPrinciples and Protocols for Producers of Tier 1 statistics Professional Statisticians NetworkProgramme of Official Social Statistics Sponsored SurveysThe Inaugural List of Tier 1 StatisticsThe Official Statistics System Officials CommitteeThe Official Statistics System Seminar SeriesThe Source (the Official Statistics Newsletter)The Survey Notification System (SNS) Training and Development DirectorySurvey Developers Network
Official statistics provide:
Official statistics are defined in the Statistics Act 1975 as statistics derived by government departments from:
Further information about official statistics
A Data Archive for the Official Statistics System A Government-wide Statistical SystemAdvisory Committee on Official Statistics (ACOS)Agencies Contributing Resources to StatisphereGlossaryMicrodata AccessMinisterial Approval Process for SurveysOther Portals for Official StatisticsPolicy for Handling Errors in Published StatisticsPrinciples and Protocols for Producers of Tier 1 statistics Professional Statisticians NetworkProgramme of Official Social Statistics Sponsored SurveysThe Inaugural List of Tier 1 StatisticsThe Official Statistics System Officials CommitteeThe Official Statistics System Seminar SeriesThe Source (the Official Statistics Newsletter)The Survey Notification System (SNS) Training and Development DirectorySurvey Developers Network