Client: Cook Islands Tourism Corporation Authors: David Norman and Kel Sanderson Date: November 2009 This project estimated the likely economic benefit to the Cook Islands of a proposed new seasonal air route between Sydney and Rarotonga. The report presents a range of scenarios, with load factors ranging between 65 percent and 85 percent, and flights a year between 12 and 16. The additional visitors on these flights could spend up to $5.5 »»

Client: Cook Islands Tourism Corporation Authors: David Norman Kel Sanderson, and Iain Munro Date: October 2009 This project updated work we did last year on the economic benefit of the RAR-LAX air route on the Cook Island economy. The project shows the role the route has in attracting Northern Hemisphere visitors to the Cook Islands. It presents a picture of the current economic impact of these visitors, and also of the likely increase as »»

Client: Greater Wellington Regional Council Authors: David Norman and Kel Sanderson Date: September 2009 This project developed a framework for measuring the business interruption losses from lifeline disruption after a rupture of the Wellington fault line. Working with Greater Wellington Regional Council and the Wellington Lifelines Group, we estimated likely lifeline restoration times, industry dependencies on various lifelines, building »»

Client: Greater Wellington Regional Council Authors: David Norman and Kel Sanderson Date: November 2009 This project followed on from the work we did developing a framework for measuring the business interruption losses from lifeline disruption after a rupture of the Wellington fault line. Working with Greater Wellington Regional Council, we estimated how the proposed Whakatikei Dam would reduce lifeline restoration times, and thus business »»

Client: Nelson City Council Authors: David Norman, Fiona Stokes, Kel Sanderson, Tim Grubb, Cristine Angus Date: October 2009 This project, completed for Nelson City Council, considered the likely economic benefits of a proposed Conference Centre (CC), and a proposed Performing Arts Centre (PAC), for the Nelson-Tasman Region. The report estimated the likely construction costs of the PAC, and produced two scenarios of what economic impact the »»

Client: Pacific Cooperation Foundation Authors: David Norman, Michael Webster and Dr Ganesh Nana Date: June 2009 This project was completed for the Pacific Cooperation Foundation. Its purpose was to provide economic support and analysis to the Pacific Wave Conference being held in Auckland from 3 to 4 June 2009. The project had two components. First, we produced a Key Points for Keynote Speakers document. The Key Points document provided »»

Authors: David Norman, Jiani Wu, Jason Leung-Wai Client: Education New Zealand Date: May 2009 This project was commissioned by the Education New Zealand (ENZ) Trust. Its chief purpose is to aid the development of region-specific marketing strategies for the China market. The China market is a crucial component of export education for many New Zealand institutions, but numbers of students from China have declined sharply in recent years. »»

Authors: Dr Ganesh Nana, Fiona Stokes and Adrian Slack Client:  Maori Television Date: March 2009 This study was commissioned by Maori Television to estimate their contribution to the New Zealand economy. Maori Television began broadcasting in March 2004 and launched a second channel, Te Reo, in March 2008. Using a conventional economic impact assessment multiplier approach, the total economic impact of Maori Television and its »»

Client: The Ministry of Health and ACC Authors: Adrian Slack, Dr Ganesh Nana, Michael Webster, Fiona Stokes and Jiani Wu Date: July 2009 This research estimates the social costs of harmful alcohol and other drug use, excluding tobacco, in New Zealand.  Harms related to drug use include a wide range of crime, lost output, health service use and other diverted resources.  Harmful use has both opportunity costs, which divert »»

Client: Enterprise Ashburton Authors: David Norman, Jason Leung-Wai and Dr Ganesh Nana Date: March 2009 The profile looked at GDP growth for the District. It also considered changes in the tourism, sheep and beef, dairy, arable, and engineering sectors in more detail. Finally, it considered the role of key Ashburton exports in the regional economy, finding that the District punches well above its weight in terms of exports across its key »»

Client: Waitaki Development Board Authors: Michael Webster, David Norman, and Dr Ganesh Nana Date: March 2009  The profile looks at several key performance indicators, and the composition of the local economy. It looks in detail at employment, GDP, labour productivity and business units. The profile also looked at four areas of interest to the District, namely tourism, dairy and sheep, education and housing.  BERL job# »»

Client: Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM) Authors: Jiani Wu, Dr Ganesh Nana Date: March 2009 The project was commissioned by the Society of Local Government Managers (SOLGM). The report contains forecasts for price level, using data for the December 2008 quarter, change adjustors for local authorities (LAs) to use in their budget processes consistent with their Long-term Council Community Plans (LTCCP). It incorporates the »»

Client: Dunedin City Council Authors: David Norman, Jason Leung-Wai and Dr Ganesh Nana Date: March 2009 The profile looks at several key performance indicators, and the composition of the local economy. It looks in detail at employment, GDP, labour productivity and business units, as well as the largest and fastest-growing industries, location quotients, and six sectors supported by the Economic Development Unit. Analysis is for the »»

Client: Industry Capability Network Authors: Fiona Stokes and Dr Ganesh Nana Date: February 2009 This report describes a selection of multipliers related to the New Zealand domestic manufacturing industry. These multipliers are calculated from data for the 2007/08 year. It asks: What is the impact of this sector’s annual production (gross output) rising by another $1m? A $1m increase in gross output in the New Zealand domestic »»

Client: New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Authors: David Norman, Dr Ganesh Nana The purpose of this project was to calculate multipliers for the biotech and biotech-active industry (“the biotech industry”) in New Zealand. This will enable New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) to better understand and assess the impact of the biotech industry on the New Zealand economy. The study found that, in line with international »»

Client:  RED Trust Date:  November 2008 Author(s):  Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana; Michael Webster This report provides an economic profile of the Rangitikei, Wanganui, Ruapehu region in 2007 and its performance over the last 10 years.  It also provides a detailed analysis of six key industries and projections of employment and GDP to 2026 by industry at the ANZSIC 1 digit level. Projections are based on two scenarios - »»

Client:  Taranaki District Health Board Date:  November 2008 Author(s):  Jason Leung-Wai; Kel Sanderson This report provides a snapshot of the socioeconomic profile of Maori in the Taranaki region. A major objective of this report was to identify regional data that would be useful to the TDHB in formulating their Maori health strategy. BERL's view ist that there are a number of social aspects that need to be addressed.  »»

Client:  Wairarapa EDA Date:  November 2008 Author(s):  Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana; Fiona Stokes This report provides an economic profile of the Wairarapa Region in 2007 and its performance over the last 10 years.  It also provides a detailed analysis of six key industries and projections of employment and GDP to 2026 by industry at the ANZSIC 1 digit level. Projections are based on two scenarios - neutral growth and »»

Client: Upper Hutt City Council Date: August 2008 Authors: David Norman, Jason Leung-Wai, Dr Ganesh Nana A profile on Upper Hutt City for 2007, the report considered a range of short and long-term indicators of the City’s economic health. It looked in-depth at employment, GDP, labour productivity, business units, and business size growth in the City over a 10-year period. It also considered the importance of employment in various »»

Title: Maori in the Taranaki region:  an economic profile Client:  Venture Taranaki Trust / Tui Ora Limited Author(s):  Jason Leung-Wai; Kel Sanderson This report provides a macro-economic picture of the Maori based economy and the role it does and could potentially play in the wider Taranaki economy. Firstly, as a resource, the report identifies and discusses the assets of Maori in the region.  This can form the basis of »»

Title: The Economic Contribution of the Forest Industry to the Marlborough Region Client: Marlborough Forest Industry Association Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai, Fiona Stokes, and David Norman This report summarises the economic contribution of the Marlborough forestry industry to the Marlborough regional economy. The Marlborough forestry industry is made up of two sectors: the forestry and logging sector and the solid wood processing »»

Title: An Assessment of the Barriers to the Labour Market in the Far North District Client: Far North District Council and the Department of Labour Author(s): Fiona Stokes, Adrian Slack, and David Norman On behalf of the Far North District Council and the Department of Labour, BERL undertook an assessment of the barriers to the effective integration of the Far North labour market. Between 2001 and 2006, the population of the Far North »»

Client: Rodney District Council Date: July 2008 Authors: Jiani Wu, David Norman, Dr Ganesh Nana This report looked at a range of key performance indicators such as employment, GDP, labour productivity and business units in detail. It also discussed the fastest-growing industries in the District in terms of employment and GDP, before focusing on industries that are particularly concentrated in Rodney. The report then studied a set of »»

Client: Marlborough Development Trust Date: July 2008 Authors: David Norman, Jason Leung-Wai, Dr Ganesh Nana This project estimated total employment, GDP and business units for several industry clusters in the Marlborough Region including pastoral, horticulture and wine, aviation, aquaculture and seafood, tourism, forestry. It also provided output (revenue) figures for the component industries within each of these larger »»

Client:  Horowhenua District Council Date:  Author(s): The Horowhenua District Council is proposing to upgrade the wastewater treatment and disposal system in Shannon. This report assessed whether the Shannon ratepayers could afford the proposed upgrade. It examined the demographics of Shannon, including household incomes and labour force status, the relative deprivation of the community and the amount that households paid for »»

Client:  Career Services rapuara Date: 2007/2008 Author(s):  na BERL and Career Services rapuara have established a relationship through previous work undertaken. This work is a continuation of this relationship. Between June 2007 and July 2008, BERL provided Career Services with quarterly economic outlook reports, a monthly hit list of ‘hot’ economic issues for Career Services staff to consider, and training sessions »»

BERL and FITEC have been working closely to survey and review the training requirements for the forest industry to 2011. There was a strong response to the BERL FITEC Survey 2008, representing probably 50% to 60% of the industry. Some of the key findings from the BERL FITEC Survey 2008 and review of the forest industry are: • The industry places a high importance on most skills types, especially applied technical skills and soft skills »»

Client: Grow Wellington Date: July 2008 Authors: Jason Leung-Wai, David Norman This report, commissioned by Grow Wellington, the economic development agency for the Wellington Region, had three purposes. First, it provided an overview of the current state of the food and beverage sector in the Region in terms of employment and business units at a sub-sector level. Second, it looked at trends within each sub-sector over the ten years from »»

Client: Porirua City Council Date: July 2008 Authors: David Norman, Jason Leung-Wai, Dr Ganesh Nana A profile on Porirua City for 2007, the report considered a range of short and long-term indicators of the City’s economic health. It looked in-depth at employment, GDP, labour productivity, business units, and business size growth in the City over a 10-year period. The report also considered the importance of employment in various »»

Client: Privately commissioned Date: June 2008 Authors: David Norman, Dr Ganesh Nana, Jason Leung-Wai, Kel Sanderson This report compared changes in household income and spending over the nine years to 2007. It examined the increase in income for a “typical” New Zealand household, including where it sourced its income (family support / working for families, accommodation supplements, wages and salaries, or self-employment »»

Client: Grow Wellington Date: June 2008 Authors: David Norman, Jason Leung-Wai, Dr Ganesh Nana This report updated and expanded on the report done the year before for the predecessor of Grow Wellington, Positively Wellington Business. It looked at the contribution of the region’s industries to local employment, GDP and business units in 2007, and their growth over the last 10 years. The report also looked at which industries, at a »»

Client:  Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki Date:  June 2008 Authors:  Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana; Jiani Wu; Fiona Stokes This report provided a baseline for estimating the future demand for qualifications and occupations in key driver industries in the Taranaki region.  The report was a key document in pulling together WITT's Statement of Regional Needs for 2008. The analysis built on earlier work »»

Client: Waitakere City Council Date: June 2008 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; David Norman A regional profile and performance report looking at Waitakere City's key performance indicators (GDP, employment, and business size/creation) over the period 1997 to 2007 compared to the Auckland region and New Zealand. The report provides an industry analysis looking at the fastest growing and largest industries as well as location quotients.  As »»

Client: Taranaki Regional Council Date: June 2008 Authors: Jiani Wu, Kel Sanderson This report is an update of our previous work on “Community Investment in Environmental Improvements” completed in 2002” (project reference #4179). The report quantifies the investments made by the broad Taranaki community in improvements to the environment, as well as the annual costs of making and maintaining these improvements. The »»

Client: The New Zealand Police Date: April 2008 Authors: Adrian Slack, Des O’Dea, Ian Sheerin, Ganesh Nana, Jiani Wu and David Norman This research developed a metric of the social harm caused by illicit drug consumption in New Zealand. Harms related to drug use include a wide range of tangible costs such as crime, lost output, health service use and other diverted resources. It also includes psychological, or intangible, costs such as »»

Client: Development West Coast Date: May 2008 Authors: David Norman, Jason Leung-Wai, Dr Ganesh Nana A profile of the West Coast Region for 2007, the report considered a range of short and long-term indicators of the District’s economic and social health. This report re-visited a broad range of measures examined for the Region over the two previous years. These included key economic performance indicators as well as demographic and »»

Client:  Selwyn District Council Date: May 2008 Authors:  David Norman, Dr Ganesh Nana, Kel Sanderson This project involved developing an Excel-based model of population, household, and employment growth in the Selwyn District to 2041.  The project made use of econometric analysis in order to forecast growth.  It included a range of factors that could prevent the forecast growth from occurring uninhibited.  These »»

Client: Enterprise Ashburton Date: May 2008 Authors: David Norman, Dr Ganesh Nana This report looked at the contributions to total GDP of various sectors in the Ashburton economy. It also looked in greater detail at the tourism, sheep and beef, dairy, and arable sectors. It examined the industries most reliant on these sectors to absorb their outputs, and the industries on which these sectors rely for inputs. It also considered the role of »»

Client: Dunedin City Council Date: April 2008  Authors: David Norman, Dr Ganesh Nana  A profile on Dunedin City for 2007, the report considered a range of short and long-term indicators of the City’s economic health. The report went on to consider the largest and fastest-growing industries in the City in terms of employment and GDP. It highlighted industries that are important to Dunedin relative to »»

Client: Waitaki Development Board Date: April 2008 Authors: David Norman, Dr Ganesh Nana A profile on the Waitaki District for 2007, the report considered a range of short and long-term indicators of the District’s economic health. The report went on to consider the growth of tourism, the simultaneous rise of dairy and decline of sheep farming, and recent education and housing trends in the District. Click here for a »»

Client: North Shore City Council Date: March 2008 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana; Jiani Wu 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 1997 to 2007 compared to New Zealand. The report provides an industry analysis looking at the fastest growing and largest industries as well as location »»

Client: Central Otago District Council Date: April 2008 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana A regional profile and performance report looking at Central Otago District's key performance indicators (GDP, productivity, employment, and business size/creation) over the period 1997 to 2007 compared to New Zealand. The report also provides an industry analysis looking at the fastest growing and largest industries as well as location »»

Client: Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand (CHRANZ) and the Department of Labour Date: October 2007 Authors: Kel Sanderson, Dr Ganesh Nana, David Norman, Jiani Wu The paper reported on our study of the relationships between immigration and the composition of housing demand. The study was a component project within the wider Economic Impacts of Immigration (EII) project. The study began with a literature review of work done on »»