19 Jun 2025

Census 2030 scrapped

From Morning Report, 8:50 am on 19 June 2025

New Zealanders have filled out their last traditional Census form, with the five-yearly count scrapped from 2030. Statistics Minister Shane Reti says the Census isn't 'financially viable' and will be replaced by administrative data from other government agencies and smaller annual surveys. Senior research fellow from Auckland University Lara Greaves spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.