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Country Information: New Zealand: Home

News

  • Contains articles from scholarly and trade journals, newspapers, and magazines as well as industry and company reports
  • To find news about New Zealand:
    • Enter New Zealand in the search box and select GE Geographic Terms under Select a Field
    • Select Newspaper and/or Periodical under Publication type
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds
  • Broad variety of news sources
  • Go to Switch Factiva
  • Go to Search Builder expand the Region field and search for New Zealand
  • Add additional search criteria as desired and click Search
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds

Country Overview

  • Use the dropdown menu to select New Zealand.
  • Offers basic information on the country's government, economy, and society
  • Published by the CIA
  • PowerPoint presentations detailing the political, economic, and demographic outlook and current events for each country listed
  • Scroll down to East Asia and Pacific and download the New Zealand Country Report
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds

Culture

Business and the Economy

  • Information on the business landscape, trade regulations, investment climate, and political & economic environment of 125 countries
  • Designed for US companies seeking opportunities outside the United States.
  • Explore the guide for New Zealand.
  • Contains economic time series data
  • Datasets include International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments, and Government Finance Statistics
  • For a quick search, click on Data by Country/Economy.  Select New Zealand and click on GOClick on International Financial Statistics.  Use the tab to view Exchange Rates, Reserves, Interest Rates, etc. Change Date by using the drop down menu.  You can add and remove years and quarter by right clicking and making appropriate selections.
  • Consult the OECD Economics Surveys: New Zealand for information about the economy.
  • Alternatively, go to OECD i-Library and click on Browse by Country.  This will help you retrieve other publications on New Zealand.
  • On the search page, look for the Markets tab.  
  • Go to the Search for an industry or country profile search box and search for New Zealand.
  • Select New Zealand and view the Nigeria country/region profile.

Statistics & Data

  • Statistical bureau of New Zealand
  • Includes statistics on agriculture, business, demographics, the economy, education, the environment, labor, etc.
  • Provides social and economic statistics for key indicators for each country as well as regions in some cases
  • Consists of several individual databases with overlap in indicators; databases include:
    • World Development Indicators
    • Education Statistics
    • Gender Statistics
    • Poverty and Equity Database
  • Must be connected to the Darden VPN when off Grounds
  • Includes economic and socio-demographic data
  • Use the Advanced Search function to search for data across a range of UN databases

Banking and Finance

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

  • Manages monetary policy, supervises and regulates the banking system, and issues currency.
  • Provides research and financial statistics..

NZX: New Zealand Exchange

  • Major trading facility for equity, debt, equity and dairy derivatives, and spot market electricity.
  • NZX owns SmartShares, the only issuer of New Zealand exchange traded funds, and Superlife, which provides investing, saving, and insurance products.

 

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