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The Global price level, as reported by the World Bank, is a way to compare the cost of living between different countries. It's measured using Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs), which help us understand how much money is needed to buy the same things in different places. Price level indexes (PLIs), with the world average set at 100, are ...
When records began in 1974, new homes in New Zealand had an average floor area of 120 m 2 (1,290 sq ft). Average new home sizes rose to peak at 200 m 2 (2,150 sq ft) in 2010, before falling to 158 m 2 (1,700 sq ft) in 2019. [17] In 1966 the New Zealand Encyclopedia recognised seven basic designs of New Zealand houses. [18]
Before the 2023 census, Sunshine Bay-Fernhill had a smaller boundary, covering 1.31 km 2 (0.51 sq mi). [1] Using that boundary, Sunshine Bay-Fernhill had a population of 2,931 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 573 people (24.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 675 people (29.9%) since the 2006 census.
New Zealand also trades with Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, India and the Philippines and this now accounts for around 16% of total exports. [173] New Zealand initiated a free trade agreement with Singapore in September 2000 which was extended in 2005 to include Chile and Brunei and is now known as the P4 agreement.
In 2011 Health spending accounted for 10% of GDP, higher than the OECD average of 9.3%. As in many OECD countries, health spending in New Zealand slowed post-GFC but still reached 3% in real terms in 2010 and 2011 – higher than the OECD average. [22] in 2012 New Zealand has 2.7 doctors per 1,000 population, and increase from 2.2 in the year 2000.
Fernhill is a suburb of Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on the lower slopes of the Ben Lomond mountain, east of Sunshine Bay on the northern side of Lake Wakatipu . It is only accessible by a single road from the main Queenstown township.
New Zealand no longer has land taxes per se. Formerly, NZ did have land taxes—its first ever direct tax, enacted in 1878, was a land tax (levied at a rate of one halfpenny per pound of unimproved land value). [1] But the contribution of land taxes to the government steadily reduced and by 1967 represented a mere 0.5% of total government revenues.