Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Vital Statistics


GDP (average growth for year to Sep 09)	-2.2%
CPI (Sep 09 incr on Sep 08)	1.7%
Current account balance (year to Sep 09, % of GDP)	-3.1%
Unemployment (Sep 09)	6.5%
Employment (Sep 09 change on Sep 08)	-1.8%

2004

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Accommodation Options for Older People in Aotearoa/New Zealand

01 Jun 2004

Client: Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand (CHRANZ) Date: June 2004 Author(s): Judith Davey (NZiRA), Virginia de Joux (NZiRA), Ganesh Nana and Mathew Arcus This research undertaken jointly by BERL and the New Zealand Institute for Research on Ageing (NZiRA) analyses the housing situation of older people in New Zealand and the housing options which are open to them, both at the »»

Careers Regional Reports

Client: Career Services Date: August 2004 Author(s): Mathew Arcus BERL prepared reports for Careers Services 16 regions. These reports outlined for each region the major industries, the changes that had occurred in the regions employment, and the largest occupations in the regions. For each of these sections there was a discussion about the changes and an indication of some of the »»

Demand Forecasts for LINZ Products

01 Sep 2004

Client: Land Information New Zealand Date: September 2004 Author(s): Dr Ganesh Nana This project reviewed and updated model-based forecasts for LINZ products (transfers and new titles issued) and ancillary services at the national and regional level. A collection of demand drivers (eg GDP) were used to generate projections to June »»

Economic and Population Scenarios for Dunedin City

01 Apr 2004

Client: Dunedin City Council Date: April 2004 Author(s): Mark Goodchild and Ganesh Nana The report presents a number of long-term economic and population scenarios for Dunedin City. These scenarios will be used to support the Council in its planning and strategic decision-making processes. The projections were generated using a combination of desk-based modelling and industry »»

Economic Impact Assessment of Whenuapai Airport

20 Sep 2004

Client: Enterprise Waitakere Date: September 2004 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Kel Sanderson This report presents the economic impact of Whenuapai Airport on the national and regional economies from an operational, tourism and economic development perspective. The report suggests significant positive impacts across all perspectives as well as synergies with national and regional »»

Economic Impact of Seismic Isolation Technology

Client: Ministry of Research Science & Technology Date: June 2004 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana This report explores the impact of a generic technology, seismic isolation, on the New Zealand economy. The main outcome of this report is the account of how this technology was developed and commercialised based upon the existing social, cultural and business »»

Economic Impact of the Redevelopment of Hutt Park

Client: Hutt City Council Date: June 2004 Author(s): Mathew Arcus; Kel Sanderson This report looked at the potential economic and non economic benefits that would accrue to Hutt City from the proposed redevelopment of the Hutt Park »»

Economic Impact of the Wairarapa Major Regional Initiative Proposal

Client: Go Wairarapa Date: November 2004 Author(s): Mathew Arcus; Kel Sanderson; Ganesh Nana. This report provided an independent assessment of the possible impacts on the Wairarapa Region of the proposed Major Regional Initiative out »»

Economic Impact of Wood Drying Technology

Client: Ministry of Research Science & Technology Date: June 2004 Author(s): Brian Jameson; Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana This report explores the impact of a generic technology, wood drying, on the New Zealand economy. Wood drying is a fundamental process in adding value to New Zealand's growing forest harvest with over 80% of exported sawn timber being »»

Economic Impact Study of the Pre-Raphaelite Dream Exhibition

Client: Dunedin City Council Date: March 2004 Author(s): Mark Goodchild The Dunedin Public Art Gallery hosted the Pre-Raphaelite Dream exhibition in early 2004. This report assessed the economic impacts of the Gallery and this exhibition on Dunedin City, and was prepared jointly by BERL and the Dunedin City »»

Economic Profile of Dunedin City 2003

02 Jan 2004

Client: Dunedin City Council Date: January 2004 Author(s): Mark Goodchild; Mathew Arcus; Kel Sanderson This report examines the economic structure and growth performance of Dunedin City from 1994 to 2003, and was prepared for the Dunedin City Council. Although this report focuses on changes that have occurred in Dunedin for the year ending March 2003, Dunedin’s economic performance »»

Eligibility Assessments for Negotiated Greenhouse Agreements (NGAs)

Client: Ministry for the Environment Date: 2003 to 2004 Author(s): Dr Ganesh Nana, Kel Sanderson, Mark Goodchild This project assessed the eligibility for several firms who applied for NGAs as a result of the proposed introduction of a charge on carbon emissions. Eligibility was assessed according to pre-specified competitiveness-at-risk criteria. The criteria required a calculation of a »»

Employment by Occupation and Industry 2001-2011

01 Apr 2004

Client: Career Services rapuara Date: April 2004 Author(s): Ganesh Nana and Jason Leung-Wai This report updates earlier work on industry and occupation forecasts. Beginning from 2001 Census information, employment figures for 2003 and projections for 2006 and 2011 have been generated using BERL's computable general equilibrium model of the New Zealand economy. Externally sourced »»

Employment Prospects and Training in Horticulture

Client: Horticulture Industry Training Organisation Date: November 2004 Author(s): Dr Ganesh Nana; Mat Arcus This report investigated the employment prospects and consequent training needs of the New Zealand horticulture industry for the 2003 to 2011 period. The report found that the minimum full-time requirements to be trained at level 4 or above over this eight-year period ranged from »»

Evaluation of the Sustainable Farming Fund

Client: The Sustainable Farming Fund Date: September 2004 Author(s): Kel Sanderson; Mark Goodchild; Jason Leung-Wai This report assessed the scope and scale of the benefits that are, or could potentially be, generated from projects sponsored by the Sustainable Farming Fund. The report included an assessment of the 257 projects in terms of their targeted economic, environmental, and social »»

Furthering Our Understanding of Tenure Transition

01 Jun 2004

Client: Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand (CHRANZ) Date: June 2004 Author(s): Brian Jameson and Ganesh Nana This study sought to generate a set of related housing research projects (or a research programme) addressing the relationship between financial circumstances and tenure choices for those New Zealanders in the 18-40 year old cohort. In particular, the focus was on »»

Hamilton projected residential/industrial land absorption trends

07 Jan 2008

Date: July 2004 Client: Chamlers Properties Limited Authors: Kel Sanderson; Mathew Arcus; Jason Leung-Wai This report looked at the global, New Zealand, and Hamilton City economies to determine demand for, and absorption of land for residential and industrial use in Hamilton to »»

Hutt City Economic Data Summary for 2004

Client: Hutt City Council Date: December 2004 Author(s): Mathew Arcus This work provided updated data on the Hutt City economy for the 2004 year. This included data on employment and GDP growth, as well as the changes in the number of business units and average business size. Industry level detail was also »»

ICT and HiGrowth: Data and Modelling Scenarios

01 Jun 2004

Client: Innovation & Systems Ltd and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Date: June 2004 Author(s): Ganesh Nana This project developed a model to investigate the effects of varying birth, death and progression rates of enterprises within each tier in the New Zealand ICT industry. The impacts on gross output (turnover), value added and employment are calculated under »»

Independent Review and Forecast of the Number of Notifications

Client: Department of Child, Youth and Family Date: November 2004 Author(s): Ganesh Nana This paper reports on an analysis of the number of notifications to CYFS and a forecast of notifications for the years to June 2005 and June 2006. In the absence of a comprehensive search for independent drivers underlying the various categories, the forecast for the number of notifications hinge on »»

International Comparison of Public Spend on the Arts through Arts Councils

13 Dec 2004

Client: Creative New Zealand Date: December 2004 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana This report compares New Zealand's support to 'arts and culture' through Creative New Zealand to other arts councils in similar countries. Countries compared include Australia, Singaport, Canada, Ireland, Scotland and Denmark. The report covers Arts Council expenditure per capita and as »»

Investing for Growth : Economic and Strategic Importance of the Eastern Transpor

01 Mar 2004

Client: Opus International / Eastern Transport Corridor Project Group Date: March 2004 Author(s): Kel Sanderson, Mat Arcus, Dr Ganesh Nana, Jason Leung-Wai, Mark Goodchild BERL completed a detailed investigation of the economic and strategic importance of the multi-modal Eastern Transport Corridor to Auckland and New Zealand. The investigation and analysis pursued most areas or objectives as »»

Manufacturing Multipliers and Interpretation

01 Jun 2004

Client: Industry Capability Network Date: June 2004 Author(s): Ganesh Nana This report describes a selection of mutlipliers related to the New Zealand manufacturing sector. This is partly an update of previous BERL reports for the former Industrial Supplies Office presenting some manufacturing import substitution multipliers. Multipliers are, however, a much misunderstood and (in »»

Profile of Economic Trends for Central Otago

Client: Central Otago District Council Date: January 2004 Author(s): Mark Goodchild This report describes the changes that have occurred in the economy of Central Otago between 2002 and 2003. Longer-term trends in the District’s economy since 1996 are also assessed, with a focus on the performance of the key drivers of the local economy (i.e. agriculture, food & beverage »»

Profile, Performance and Forecast of Wairarapa

01 Oct 2004

Client: Go Wairarapa Date: October 2004 Author(s): Mathew Arcus; Ganesh Nana These two reports describe the performance of the Wairarapa economy over the past 9 years and provide a forecast of prospects over the coming eight years. The forecasts were constructed using a combination of desk-based modelling and consultation with key players in Wairarapa business and industry. The »»

Rating Schemes to Fund the Proposed Upgrade of Carisbrook Stadium

Client: Dunedin City Council Date: February 2004 Author(s): Mark Goodchild; Mathew Arcus; Kel Sanderson This report describes the broad options that available for introducing a ‘stadium rate’ on Otago ratepayers to partially fund an upgrade of Carisbrook stadium. The object was to produce a range of suitable options for a stadium rate, which could be developed further in relation »»

Regional Gardens Project

26 Jan 2004

Client: Taranaki Regional Council Date: January 2004 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Kel Sanderson This report presents BERL's assessment of the strategic direction and audience potential for the proposed developments for the Regional Gardens project in Taranaki. The report analyses and tests the audience demand potential for the Regional Garden Properties (Pukeiti, »»

Summary Profile & Performance of Wellington City Economy 1994-2003

Client: Wellington City Council Date: February 2004 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana A regional profile and performance report looking at Wellington City's key performance indicators (GDP, productivity, employment, and business size/creation) over the period 1994-2003 and compared to the New Zealand »»

Summary Profile and Performance of North Shore City Economy 1994-2004

21 Feb 2005

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 »»

The Economic Context for an Australasian Coastal Marine Institute

Client: Venture Taranaki Date: July 2004 Author(s): Kel Sanderson; Mark Goodchild This report contains a broad strategic assessment of the proposed Coastal Marine Institute and its potential to benefits to the Taranaki region. This report concluded that the impact of the Institute could be broad based, and relatively significant in terms of the overall magnitude of economic benefits. This is »»

The Economic Contribution of Biotechnology in Otago

30 May 2004

Client: BioSouth Date: May 2004 Author(s): Mark Goodchild; Dr Ganesh Nana This report provided a broad measure of the economic contribution of the biotechnology industry in the Otago region. Employment and production measures were obtained from firms and organisations in the industry. Value added and multiplier effects were then calculated by BERL. The total contribution of the »»

The Regional Impact of the Westpac Stadium – The First Five Years

Client: Wellington Regional Stadium Trust Date: October 2004 Author(s): Mathew Arcus; Kel Sanderson; Mark Goodchild. The report provides an independent assessment of the actual economic benefits that have been generated by the Westpac Stadium during its first five years of operation. The report found that the actual economic benefits have substantially exceeded the benefits expected in »»

The Value of Port Nelson to the Nelson Tasman Region

04 May 2004

Client: Port Nelson Date: May 2004 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Kel Sanderson; Mark Goodchild This report identifies the key infrastructure role the Port plays in the Nelson Tasman economy. In particular, it identifies the impact on the economy if the Port is not able to develop to meet the changing demands of industry, the region, and shipping trends. BERL# »»

The Wanganui Growth Performance

01 Jul 2004

Client: Wanganui District Council Date: July 2004 Author(s): Dr Ganesh Nana This report presents industry and sector data and analysis of the performance of the Wanganui economy. The five years since 1999 has seen an average GDP expansion of 2.6 percent per annum. BERL# »»

Tourism Workforce and Skill Projections

01 Sep 2004

Client: Tourism Industry Association New Zealand; Aviation, Tourism and Travel Training Organisation; Ministry of Tourism; Hospitality Standards Institute; Hospitality Association of New Zealand Date: September 2004 Author(s): Mark Goodchild, Ganesh Nana and Stephen Hamilton (Horwath Asia Pacific Limited) This report provides projections on the tourism industry's workforce requirements given »»

Trends and Projections for Strategic Development

01 May 2004

Client: Te Wananga o Aotearoa Date: May 2004 Author(s): Kel Sanderson, Jason Leung-Wai and Ganesh Nana This project resulted in a collection of reports detailing medium-term prospects for New Zealand. Economic and demographic projections were generated to 2016 and interpreted in the context of labour market, education and training requirements at industry, occupation and regional »»

Wellington Land Transport Package : Social and Economic Impacts

01 Nov 2004

Client: Ministry of Economic Development, and Greater Wellington : the Regional Council Date: November 2004 Author(s): Kel Sanderson, Dr Ganesh Nana, Jason Leung-Wai, Mat Arcus BERL worked with the project work group comprised of professionals from the local authorities and the Government Ministries including Transport, The Treasury, and Ministry of Economic Development. BERL completed an »»

Wellington Regional Sector Report for 2003

Client: Positively Wellington Business Date: February 2004 Author(s): Mark Goodchild; Jason Leung-Wai This report was prepared for Positively Wellington Business and updates the statistics on employment and businesses in the organisations targeted sectors (clusters) for the Wellington City and Region in 2003. Note that the Wellington Region is defined in this report to include Kapiti, »»

West Coast Indicators 2004

23 Dec 2004

Client: West Coast Regional Council Date: December 2004 Author(s): Jason Leung-Wai; Dr Ganesh Nana This report presents 28 annual indicators for the West Coast region across five economic areas, including key economic indicators for the West Coast region derived from the BERL regional performance database. Indicators are compared to previous years »»

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