Other indicator reports

Government agencies publish indicator reports on a wide range of different outcomes. Many of these reports are useful complements to the social report:

Economic Development Indicators report.¹ Published jointly by the Ministry of Economic Development, The Treasury and Statistics New Zealand, this report provides a picture of New Zealand's economic performance. The fourth edition is scheduled for release in late 2010.

Environmental Health Indicators for New Zealand 2008.² Published annually by the Ministry of Health since 2004, this report focuses on air quality, water quality and border health protection, and highlights environmental health trends.

Environment New Zealand 2007.³ Published by the Ministry for the Environment for the first time in January 2008, it reports on a core set of national environmental indicators.

Measuring New Zealand's Progress Using a Sustainable Development Approach: 2008.⁴ Published by Statistics New Zealand in July 2009, this report focuses on New Zealand's environmental, economic and social progress within a sustainable development framework.

In addition to the social report, which covers the whole population, the Ministry of Social Development has published indicator reports about New Zealand's youngest and oldest populations: Children and Young People: Indicators of wellbeing in New Zealand 2008 and Positive Ageing Indicators 2007.⁵ These reports rely more heavily on data from the five-yearly population census and can be updated less frequently. The next census will be held in 2011.