The NZ Census guided vital economic and social planning. What happens now it’s gone?
- Written by Stephen Haslett, Emeritus Professor of Statistics, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
Getty ImagesThe old New Zealand Census – first conducted in 1851 – is to be no more.
In its place will be a new and largely untried system that could potentially undermine the statistical basis of crucial social and economic policy making and planning.
In our view, these major changes are being made prematurely, without the level of...
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