Dunedin's current economic climate

If you want to understand the makeup of our local and regional economy, there are a variety of resources you can look at, depending on your area of interest.

Dunedin Quarterly Review

These reports from Statistics New Zealand provide a quarterly overview of Dunedin's economy and population including income, business indicators, tourism, house sales, health statistics and more.

Link to the Dunedin Quarterly Review (new window)

Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL) Reports

The yearly BERL reports provide information on Dunedin's economy. They contain industry detail and profiles in terms of gross output, value added and employment for 44 industries.

Business and Economic Research Ltd Report 2009 (new window)

Statistics New Zealand Government Indicator Reports

Indicator reports provide a summary picture of New Zealand and the things that make New Zealand the country it is. Indicators are a set of summary statistics and other information selected for a particular purpose.

Statistics New Zealand Government Indicator Reports (new window)

Quality of Life Project

The DCC has been vitally involved with the Quality of Life Project since its inception. The DCC's CEO Jim Harland is one of the sponsors of the project.

The Quality of Life Project was initiated in response to growing pressures on urban communities, concern about the impacts of urbanisation and the effects of this on the well being of residents.

The key purpose of the Quality of Life Project is to provide information to decision-makers to improve the quality of life in major New Zealand urban areas.

Quality of life report 2007 (PDF - new window)

Quality of Life Project (new window)

Visitors want to experience Maori culture in Dunedin

This report, commissioned by the Economic Development unit and supported by the City's Maori Participation Working Party, has found that almost one third of tourists in Dunedin are interested in genuine Maori Cultural experiences. Over 50 of the 200 tourism businesses interviewed indicated that they believe incorporating Maori culture into their operations would add value to their business.

"It is easy to assume that people visiting Dunedin are here primarily to see our wildlife but this study shows many are keen to understand more about our history and culture" said Runanga spokesman Edward Ellison.

Tourism Dunedin and the Economic Development Unit are committed to helping join local Maori and the tourism industry together to help meet the demand from visitors.

Maori Cultural Tourism Research 2009 (PDF, 629kb, open in new window)