2005

Client: Manukau City Council Date: January 2005 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana A regional profile and performance report looking at Manukau City's key performance indicators (GDP, productivity, employment, and business size/creation) over the period 1994-2004 and compared to the Auckland region and New Zealand average.   BERL »»

Client: Department of Child, Youth and Family Date: December 2005 Author(s): Dr Ganesh Nana This paper updates our previous review of the number of notifications to CYFS.  It further extends our forecast range for the number notifications for the years to June 2006 and June 2007.  Additional work was undertaken with CYF staff to explore forecasting options, processes methods and »»

Client:  Masterton District Council Date:  December 2005 Author(s):  Dr Nicola Chandler; Dr Ganesh Nana; Kel Sanderson The objective of this research project is to provide an assessment of the economic and affordability issues around options for the Masterton community to upgrade the treatment and disposal of wastewater. The option chosen must satisfy the Masterton District Council’s performance criteria for sewerage »»

Client: Central Otago District Council Date: January 2005 Author(s): Mark Goodchild This report discusses the economic performance of the Central Otago District in 2004. These annual profiles have been completed since 2001, and include trends in population growth, industry employment, and industry GDP. A range of datasets are used to provide additional detail on the District’s key driver industries (ie farming, viticulture, food »»

Client: Northland Regional Council Date: April 2005 Author(s): Mathew Arcus; Kel Sanderson This report provided an initial assessment of the robustness of the rating system and its potential weaknesses/vulnerabilities.  It also suggested work to explore the identified vulnerabilities and outline possible solutions. BERL »»

Client: Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM) Date: August 2005 Authors: Mathew Arcus; Dr Ganesh Nana BERL has constructed forecasts for price level change adjustors for local authorities (LAs) to use in their budget processes consistent with their Long-term Council Community Plans (LTCCP).  The approach has been agreed after discussion with, and presentations to, SOLGM and the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG).  Earlier »»

Client: Business New Zealand Date: February 2005 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Ganesh Nana; Kel Sanderson This project reviewed the Business New Zealand Scorecard of indicators of the economic health and progress of the New Zealand economy. The project produced two reports. One report updated the various indicators and provided commentary as to the trends in, and interpretation of, the data. A separate report analysed the value of the »»

Client: Career Services Date: July 2004 to June 2005 Author(s): Mathew Arcus; Ganesh Nana; Mark Goodchild BERL has provided on-going services to Career Services. These have included training sessions for Career Services staff on economic issues; interviews and consultations with industry; economic update briefings; and quality appraisal of information to be included on the Kiwi Careers »»

Client: Central Otago Health Services Limited Date: March 2005 Author(s): Kel Sanderson; Mathew Arcus Central Otago Health Srvices Limited (COHSL) operates the Dunstan Hospital, and is re-building it. COHSL wished to have a strategy that reflected the present and likely future changes in the population in its catchment, and therefore wanted a projection of likely population changes to 2021. BERL undertook the commission to use a range of »»

Client: Agricultural Systems Date: August 2005 Author(s): Mark Goodchild, Kel Sanderson This report contains BERL’s comments and suggestions on the development of a framework for assessing the bio-security risk of exotic invaders to New Zealand.  This framework is being prepared by the client, Agricultural Systems. BERL’s review of this framework focused on the conceptual approach to measuring social, economic, and »»

Client: Hospitality Standards Institute Date: November 2005 Author(s): Mark Goodchild; Jason Leung-Wai This report presents a profile of employee and enterprise numbers in the hospitality industry based on data from Statistics New Zealand’s business frame and BERLs discussions with sector organisations. These discussions enabled BERL to establish more detailed estimates of employment for some sectors within the hospitality industry »»

Client: Dunedin City Council Date: June 2005 Author(s): Dr Ganesh Nana This project prepared projections for average household incomes over the 2006 to 2021 period.  This information was required by Dunedin City Council to assess the impact of its projected expenditure.  Using Census numbers, Dunedin City Council data and BERL databases, the projections were detailed by household type (e.g. single, one-parent family, couple with »»

Client: Auckland City Council Date:  November 2005 Author(s): Kel Sanderson, Mat Arcus   The two options for SH20 Avondale extension are known as the Waterview option and the Rosebank option. The BERL work assessed the potential effect of each option on regional GDP and employment in the long term.  Present market-led changes in industriial development were investigated (including reference to a Market Economics »»

Client: Rayonier Asia Pacific Date: May 2005 Author(s): Mark Goodchild; Kel Sanderson. This report has been prepared for Rayonier Asia Pacific Ltd, and describes the economic contribution the Rayonier MDF plant makes to the Southland »»

Client: Dunedin City Council Date: January 2005 Author(s): Mathew Arcus; Mark Goodchild; Adrian Slack This report provided a profile of the Dunedin City economy for 2004 and a review of its performance over the 1994-2004 period.  This included analysis of employment and GDP growth, as well as the changes in the number of business units and average business size.  Industry level detail was also »»

Client: Go Wairarapa/Wellington Regional Strategy Date: July 2005 Author(s): Mathew Arcus, Ganesh Nana, Mark Goodchild This report provides projection of the prospects for the Wairarapa and Wellington Region between 2004 and 2016.  It presents a medium term projection of the economic prospects for the Wairarapa and other areas of the Region, which, in this report, is described as the Wellington Urban area.  The projection was »»

Client: Opus International / Transit NZ Date: August 2005 Author(s): Kel Sanderson, Mat Arcus BERL contributed to the evaluation of the six main options for different combinations of projects in the South-West Transport Corridor.  These options centred around the construction of State Highway 20.  BERL investigated changes in the profiles of households and employment 2001 to 2021, in order to assess ratings for the options.  »»

Client:  Auckland Regional Council/Wellington Regional Council Date:  December 2005 Author(s):  Dr Ganesh Nana, Mat Arcus These notes have been prepared for Auckland Regional Council (ARC) and Wellington Regional Council (WRC). BERL has constructed forecasts for price level change adjustors for the ARC and WRC to use in their budget processes consistent with their Long-term Council Community Plans (LTCCP). The approach is »»

Client: Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand Date: March 2005 Author(s): Mathew Arcus and Ganesh Nana This report was commissioned by the Centre for Housing Research, Aotearoa New Zealand (CHRANZ).  The report brings together current information and research on intergenerational and interfamilial transfers of wealth and housing.  The information from New Zealand and overseas is brought into a framework that allows a »»

Client: Manukau City Council Date: August 2005 Author(s): Dr Ganesh Nana; Jason Leung-Wai; Mat Arcus; Kel Sanderson The report presented a medium-term forecast of the economic prospects for Manukau City based upon business as usual assumptions. The main focus of the report was on the economic environment that Manukau will be operating in, both globally and nationally, and then discussing key focus areas that Manukau »»

Client: Te Puni Kokiri Date: June 2005 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana This project consists of a series of reports that culminate in a series of regional analyses of Maori labour markets.  An initial scoping report identifies existing information available on Maori labour markets.  The next report uses existing data and CGE modelling to estimate 2004 and project 2016 maori employment by industry and »»

Client: Ministry of Social Development Date: November 2005 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana This report provides an analysis and review of the current extent of inequalities in outcomes or opportunity within New Zealand.  It includes information at an aggregate level, and between and within groups across the New Zealand Population.  The report focuses on existing information over the last 20 years that is publicly »»

Client: Horticulture and Viticulture Seasonal Working Group Date: November 2005 Author(s): Dr Ganesh Nana; Dr Nicola Chandler; Kel Sanderson The purpose of this report is to provide a forecasting tool for seasonal labour requirements for New Zealand. The spreadsheets in the tool are currently populated for the three crops of pipfruit, kiwifruit and wine grapes. The three regions which have been concentrated on are the Hawke’s Bay, »»

Client: Far North District Council Date: October 2005 Author(s): Mark Goodchild; Kel Sanderson; Mat Arcus This report presents an overview of social trends for different areas within the District, and raises some issues for the Council to consider in terms of promoting social and community development. The report is linked to BERL's earlier report on future economic trends and prospects for the Far North. The purpose of these »»

Client: Franklin District Council Date: March 2005 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana A regional profile and performance report looking at Franklin District's key performance indicators (GDP, productivity, employment, and business size/creation) over the period 1994-2004 and compared to the Auckland region and New Zealand »»

Client: North Shore City Council Date: February 2005 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana A regional profile and performance report looking at North Shore City's key performance indicators (GDP, productivity, employment, and business size/creation) over the period 1994-2004 and compared to the Auckland region and New Zealand average.  The report also looks at the top ten sectors in terms of FTE and »»

Client: South Wairarapa District Council Date: December 2005 Author(s): Mat Arcus and Dr Ganesh Nana A regional profile and performance report looking at the key performance indicators (population, GDP, employment, business size/creation, and productivity) for the South Wairarapa district over the period 1995-2005. Analysis is broken down across seven sectors, although more detailed 52 sector data is also tabulated. In the year to »»

Client: Waitakere City Council Date: March 2005 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana A regional profile and performance report looking at Waitakere City's key performance indicators (population, GDP, employment, business size/creation, housing market and tourism) over the period 1994-2004 and compared to the Auckland region and New Zealand average.  A version of this report can be viewed on the »»

Client: Thames Coromandel District Council Date: February 2005 Author(s): Ganesh Nana and Adrian Slack This report reviewed the performance of the Thames-Coromandel District’s economy over the 1994-2004 period.  This included analysis of employment and GDP growth, as well as the changes in the number of business units and average business size.  Industry level detail was also provided.  In addition, the »»

Client: The Southern Wood Council Date: March 2005 Author(s): Kel Sanderson; Mark Goodchild; Mathew Arcus The Southern Wood Council is working to increase the contribution of the forest and wood processing sector to the economy, the communities and the environment in Otago and Southland. They commissioned this substantial piece of research to establish a baseline of their contribution. The research and analyses described in the report »»

Client: New Zealand Food Safety Authority Date: July 2005 Authors: Kel Sanderson; Mathew Arcus The NZFSA is a body established by Government with the two key roles of protecting and promoting the public’s health and safety with food, and facilitating market access for New Zealand’s food and food-related products. It is substantially funded by cost-recovery from industry. Of the $81.5 million annual expenditure by NZFSA, 32% »»

Client: The New Zealand Fire Service Commission Date: May 2005 Author(s): Mark Goodchild; Kel Sanderson; Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana This research quantified the scope, scale, and incidence of economic costs relating to fire risk management in New Zealand. The first stage of this research was to develop a conceptual framework covering all fire risk management measures based on a review of the international literature and consultations »»

Client: Pan Pac Forest Products Limited Date: July 2005 Author(s): Mark Goodchild; Dr Ganesh Nana; Kel Sanderson This report assess the contribution that Pan Pac makes to the Hawke’s Bay region. It was prepared to support Pan Pac’s application for a Negotiated Greenhouse Agreement (NGA) with the Government. Pan Pac’s economic contribution is measured in terms of employment, external trade, and Value Added (GDP). However, »»

Client: Wellington City Council Date: March 2005 Author(s): Dr Ganesh Nana, Kel Sanderson This working paper discussed various issues associated with Wellington's Port and its functions within the City's and region's »»

Client: Aotearoa Institute Date: December 2005 Author(s): Kel Sanderson Working from BERL research completed for a review  by the Tertiary Education Commission of strategic relevance of courses provided by Te Wananga o Aotearoa (TWoA), Kel Sanderson prepared a brief of evidence.  The brief was presented to a Waitangi Tribunal hearing at Te Rapa on 30 November 2005, and contained the following main points.  1. »»