New Zealand Country Analysis Report analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of New Zealand. The report provides a holistic view of the country from historical, current and future perspectives. Insightful analysis on critical current and future issues is presented through detailed SCPT (strengths, challenges, prospects and threats/risks) analysis for each of the PESTLE segments. In addition, the PESTLE segments are supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

Uses of Country Analysis Reports:

Understanding gained from country profiles can be used to plan business investment or market entry in a particular country. The insights provide ideas about key business opportunities. The profiles also provide an overview of the legal and regulatory framework to start or operate a business in the country. Typical uses of each PESTLE segment are:
• Political section provides understanding about the political system and key figures relevant to business in the country and governance indicators.
• Economic section deals with the economic story of a country that provides a balanced assessment of significant macro-economic issues.
• Social section enables understanding of customer demographics through income distribution, rural-urban segmentation and centres of affluence, healthcare and educational scenario.
• Technological section provides strategic information on technology and telecom, technological laws and policies, technological gaps, patents and opportunity sectors in the country.
• Legal section provides information about the legal structure, corporate laws, laws to start a new business and the tax regime.
• Environmental section provides information on the country’s performance on environmental indicators and policies.
 

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Key facts and geographic location 9
Summary 9
Geographical location 10
PESTLE analysis 11
Summary 11
Political analysis 12
Economic analysis 14
Social analysis 17
Technological analysis 19
Legal analysis 21
Environmental analysis 24
Political landscape 26
Summary 26
Evolution 26
Structure and policies 28
Performance 32
Outlook 32
Economic landscape 34
Summary 34
Evolution 34
Structure and policies 36
Performance 39
Outlook 51
Social landscape 52
Summary 52
Evolution 52
Structure and policies 52
Performance 56
Literacy rate 58
Outlook 58
Technological landscape 59
Summary 59
Evolution 59
Structure and policies 59
Performance 60
Outlook 63
Legal landscape 65
Summary 65
Evolution 65
Structure and policies 65
Performance 68
Outlook 69
Environmental landscape 70
Summary 70
Evolution 70
Structure and policies 70
Performance 71
Outlook 72
APPENDIX 73
Ask the analyst 73
Datamonitor consulting 73
Disclaimer 73

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Map of New Zealand 10
Figure 2: New Zealand – key political events 26
Figure 3: New Zealand – Key political figures 28
Figure 4: Distribution of seats by political parties in the 2008 elections of New Zealand 30
Figure 5: Evolution of GDP growth in New Zealand, 1950–2008 36
Figure 6: Market capitalization of New Zealand stock exchange, 2001–08 38
Figure 7: GDP and GDP growth rate of New Zealand, 2003–13 40
Figure 8: Sector specific GDP in New Zealand, 2008 41
Figure 9: Agricultural output in New Zealand, 2001–08 42
Figure 10: Industrial output in New Zealand, 2001–08 43
Figure 11: Services output in New Zealand, 2001–08 44
Figure 12: Current account balance in New Zealand, 2001–08 45
Figure 13: New Zealand’s external trade position, 2003–07 46
Figure 14: New Zealand’s external debt position, 2004–08 47
Figure 15: New Zealand’s foreign investment position, 2001–08 48
Figure 16: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation in New Zealand, 2002–08 49
Figure 17: Employment in New Zealand, 2001–08 50
Figure 18: Major religions in New Zealand 54
Figure 19: Healthcare expenditure in New Zealand, 2003–08 57
Figure 20: Education expenditure in New Zealand, 2003–08 58
Figure 21: Growth of fixed and mobile phones in New Zealand, 2002–12 61
Figure 22: Internet subscribers in New Zealand, 2002–12 62
Figure 23: R&D expenditure in New Zealand, 2000–07 63
Figure 24: Carbon dioxide emissions in New Zealand, 2000–07 72

TABLES
Table 1: New Zealand – key fundamentals 4
Table 2: New Zealand – key facts 9
Table 3: Analysis of New Zealand’s political landscape 12
Table 4: Analysis of New Zealand’s economic landscape 14
Table 5: Analysis of New Zealand’s social landscape 17
Table 6: Analysis of New Zealand’s technology landscape 19
Table 7: Analysis of New Zealand’s legal landscape 21
Table 8: Analysis of New Zealand’s environmental landscape 24
Table 9: Mid-year population by age (millions) in 2007 53
Table 10: Patents granted by the USPTO, 2003–07 59
Table 11: International environmental treaties signed and ratified by New Zealand 71