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'You have to manage the costs quite brutally': With census changes coming to a halt, Statistics NZ is still expected to carry out a census in 2028, something a former Government Statistician says could be done despite funding concerns

'You have to manage the costs quite brutally': With census changes coming to a halt, Statistics NZ is still expected to carry out a census in 2028, something a former Government Statistician says could be done despite funding concerns

Census changes put on ice as Labour pulls support, saying ‘a reform of this significance should not proceed while so many important questions remain unanswered’

Census changes put on ice as Labour pulls support, saying ‘a reform of this significance should not proceed while so many important questions remain unanswered’

After difficulties pulling together census information from poor response rates in each of the last two nationwide surveys, Stats NZ will now compile the required information annually based on a smaller survey and already collected data

After difficulties pulling together census information from poor response rates in each of the last two nationwide surveys, Stats NZ will now compile the required information annually based on a smaller survey and already collected data

Admin data - already collected by government agencies - is 'the future for census', Stats NZ says; traditional census collection models with a large-scale field workforce 'are becoming unsustainable'

Admin data - already collected by government agencies - is 'the future for census', Stats NZ says; traditional census collection models with a large-scale field workforce 'are becoming unsustainable'

NZ Initiative's Eric Crampton says New Zealand should follow the US example of making public data widely available

NZ Initiative's Eric Crampton says New Zealand should follow the US example of making public data widely available