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SAGE Research Methods Datasets This link opens in a new window
Choose from over 500 datasets using data from real research, designed to support the teaching and independent learning of data analysis techniques.

New Zealand Data Sources

The following resources are useful for assignment work and research. You can also use the Te Waharoa search tool to find textbooks and journal articles on using statistics. For help on using Te Waharoa, see the video tutorials on the left.

Climate data
The National Climate Database is an archive of climate observations which in some places extend as far back as the 1860s.
Figure.NZ
Data from organizations such as corporations, public repositories, government departments and academics.
Geographic data and maps
Find statistics for areas such as regional councils, territorial authorities, and statistical area 2s. Download geographic boundary files to use with GIS software.
Indicators and snapshots
Get headline figures and overviews of New Zealand's wellbeing, population, environment, and economy.
Infographics
View Stats NZ's infographics on a range of topics, including the census, economy, employment and unemployment, income, population, and wellbeing.
New Zealand's environment at a glance
Infographic of New Zealand’s environment using findings from the Environment Aotearoa 2015 report .
NZ health statistics
The central location for accessing NZ health data and statistics
The New Zealand official yearbook
A statistical picture of life in New Zealand, from 1893 to 2012.
New Zealand social indicators
Social indicators are available in Ngā Tūtohu Aotearoa – Indicators Aotearoa New Zealand. These indicators aim to help all of us monitor progress around our social, economic, and environmental wellbeing.

Resources for researchers and teaching staff

The following resources are available for research and teaching purposes.

Statistics NZ Youtube channel Tutorials, Data vsualistions, and summary videos
UK Data Service Slides and recordings of UK Data Service webinars are made available on our past events pages and YouTube channel soon after the event has taken place.
Customised data sets Available on request, These are a way for researchers to gain access to data held by Statistics NZ that are not easily accessible by other means. Universities each have a set allocation of hours for customised data that is available to individuals for specific research or teaching purposes. This service is made under an agreement between Stats NZ and the Council of New Zealand University Librarians (CONZUL) for Statistics for university staff and students. Contact philip.worthington@vuw.ac.nz to make a request
Teaching quantitative methods with a New Zealand synthetic unit record dataset
The purpose of these materials is to teach these statistical techniques in a way that the underlying intuition of the models is understood and model output can be translated.

Infoshare

Infoshare is a free online tool that gives you access to a range of time-series data such as:

Economic information (eg price indexes and production figures)
Demographic measures (eg births and deaths)
Arrival and departure data
Wholesale and retail trade information
Exports and imports data
Building consents data

Infoshare data sets can be browsed, downloaded and customised to meet your needs.

Other statistical resources

World Bank eLibrary
UNdata
data.govt.nz: Government data sets online
Pew research centre
Statesman yearbook
CIA world factbook
Our World in Data Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems. All free: open access and open source