Statistics New Zealand

Stats NZ (Statistics New Zealand) collects data about New Zealand’s environment, economy and society. The information helps government, local councils, Māori, businesses, communities, researchers and the public to measure, and make decisions about such things as: where we need roads, schools and hospitals, environmental progress, our quality of life, how families are doing, where to locate a business, and what products to sell. The Statistics New Zealand Data Archive is a central repository for all the important statistical datasets and associated documentation, metadata and publications that Statistics New Zealand produces. It also acts as a safe repository for datasets produced by other government agencies and government funded statistical studies. The key difference between the Statistics New Zealand Data Archive and other digital archives is that it contains primarily statistical data at unit record level. The unit record data is archived when it is no longer in regular use by its producer.

新西兰统计局（Statistics New Zealand）搜集有关新西兰环境、经济及社会方面的数据。这些信息有助于政府、地方议会、毛利人、企业、社区、研究人员及公众在诸如以下事项上进行衡量和决策：我们需要在哪里建设道路、学校和医院，环境进步情况，我们的生活品质，家庭状况如何，企业的位置选择，以及销售何种产品。新西兰统计局数据档案库是所有重要统计数据集及其相关文档、元数据和出版物的主要存储库。它还充当其他政府机构及政府资助的统计研究数据的稳固存储库。新西兰统计局数据档案库与其他数字档案的关键区别在于，它主要包含单位记录级别的统计数据。当这些单位记录数据不再由其生产者常规使用时，便会进行归档。