This report presents New Zealand's employment forecasts for 2016 to 2019 (March years). Employment forecasts for 2016 to 2019 (March years) are presented in this report. These employment forecasts will inform the Ministry’s advice relating to immigration priorities, and priority setting for tertiary education and industry training over the next 2-3 years. The Ministry uses...

This report provides an overall picture of New Zealand's environment across the air, atmosphere and climate, fresh water, land, and marine domains and shows interactions between each domain. It presents the human and natural pressures that cause changes to the state of these domains and the impacts these changes have on our environment, economy and...

The past decade has seen a dramatic increase in New Zealand house prices. A major contributor to this increase has been an insufficient supply of land and development capacity for housing, both within and outside cities, to meet increasing demand. The Government asked the Productivity Commission to look into the processes that New Zealand’s fastest-growing...

The New Zealand Government, led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand Police and Ministry for Women, has developed a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security for the period 2015 to 2019. The plan outlines how New Zealand implements United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on...

Alcohol and other drug issues are closely intertwined with social factors such as income, employment, housing and education. This means that effective government intervention requires a cross-agency response. This policy document is the guiding resource for policies and practices responding to alcohol and other drug issues.