Stats NZ forced to eye census Plan B as impasse threatens overhaul
2 sources·Updated August 5, 2026
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- Bloomberg Economics·2h agoNew Zealand’s Plan to Move to Annual Census Hits Political Hurdle
New Zealand’s statistics agency may need to run the next five-yearly census in 2028 after all as a plan to defer it and revert to annual surveys from 2030 runs into political hurdles.
Read at Bloomberg Economics → - Newsroom NZ·11h agoStats NZ forced to eye census Plan B as impasse threatens overhaul
The Government lacks the 75 percent support needed to push reforms through – but the next Parliament could vote to delay the 2028 census
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