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New Zealand Statistical Association Newsletter 66

Agreement signed between Statistics New Zealand and New Zealand’s universities

An agreement between Statistics New Zealand and the NZ Vice Chancellors’ Committee (NZVCC) has been signed recently by Geoff Bascand (Government Statistician) and Lindsay Taiaroa (Executive Director, NZVCC). The objective of this agreement is to help build statistical capability within NZ universities by making access to statistical products and services both easier and cheaper.
The statistical data package will include access to INFOS, basic NZ CURFS (Confidentialised Unit Record Files), the long-term time series developed by the Treasury, plus a data package for the Social Sciences network. The final details of this later data package is still being finalised, but the package is expected to be available before the next academic year.

Richard Penny

The new Government Statistician, Geoff Bascand (left) and the Executive Director of NZVCC, Lindsay Taiaroa.