Our Local Economy
Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL) complete regular quarterly and annual economic profiles for the Nature Coast region. The information is reported by District (Horowhenua and Kapiti). Download the following reports:
Quarterly Economic Update June 2010
This report includes labour market (unemployment), domestic spending and confidence (house prices and car registrations), infrastructure investment (residential/commercial building consents and government investment) and external connections (external migration).
Quarterly Economic Update March 2010
This report includes labour market (unemployment), domestic spending and confidence (house prices and car registrations), infrastructure investment (residential/commercial building consents and government investment) and external connections (external migration).
BERL Economic Profile of Nature Coast 2009
This report was commissioned by Nature Coast Enterprise. It examines the performance of the Nature Coast economy across a range of indicators over the short term (one year), medium term (two years) and long term (10 years). It also looks more closely at which industries are particularly highly concentrated in the area, and at three key sectors: tourism, manufacturing and primary.
Characteristics of the Nature Coast Labour Force
This report was prepared by BERL for Nature Coast Enterprise, which represents the combined area of the Kapiti Coast and Horowhenua Districts. The report considers the characteristics of the Nature Coast work force – both people working on the Nature Coast who live locally or commute to work in the area; and Nature Coast residents working in the area or beyond. It compares these characteristics with those of Wellington Urban, made up of the four cities in the Wellington Region – Wellington, Porirua, Lower Hutt, and Upper Hutt, and New Zealand.
BERL Economic Profile of Nature Coast 2008
This report includes commentory on population growth, GDP, employment and productivity growth and business units and their growth. It also includes other information like what is in the quarterly report.
Local Business Opportunities
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Our National Economy
The 2010 budget is out - download 2010 budget commentary from Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL).
BERL also provides regular monitoring and forecasting for the national economy. Keep up-to-date on national economic affairs and download the following reports:
BERL Monthly Monitor August 2010
BERL Monthly Monitor July 2010
BERL Monthly Monitor May 2010
BERL Monthly Monitor April 2010
BERL Forecasts March 2010
BERL Monthly Monitor February 2010
BERL Forecasts December 2009
BERL Monthly Monitor November 2009
BERL Monthly Monitor October 2009
BERL Forecasts September 2009
BERL Monthly Monitor August 2009
BERL Monthly Monitor July 2009
BERL Forecasts June 2009
BERL Monthly Monitor May 2009
Also available is the BERL Regional Performance Indicators 2008 Report that rates Kapiti as seventh equal out of 72 Territorial Authorities (from 20th in 2007) and the Horowhenua 47th (from 62nd in 2007) - click here.