The Briefing | PHCC

Counting what matters: Rethinking Aotearoa's population statistics without a census

Statistics NZ has signalled a move away from five-yearly population censuses to the use of administrative data instead. This Briefing cautions any changes to the census must be carefully planned and reviewed so they don't undermine or limit our crucial statistical infrastructure.
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Issue date

02 May 2024

Author(s)

Len Cook Lisette Burrows Barry Milne Kate Prickett Philippa Howden-Chapman Nevil Pierse Tahu Kukutai Alistair Gray Polly Atatoa-Carr Peter Crampton

Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax

An article we published last week generated plenty of debate in particular on the complexities of taxing food. In this blog, Professor Nick Wilson argues that, yes, such tax packages have to be well designed (and more research would be helpful), but nevertheless that there is much that could be potentially gained by taxes on saturated fat.
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Issue date

06 August 2013

Author(s)

Nick Wilson