Queenstown Again Tops Regional Economic Performance Ladder
Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL) has ranked 73 Local Authority areas across seven key economic performance indicators including resident population growth, employment growth, real value added (GDP) growth, GDP per capita growth, productivity growth, business growth, and business size growth.
Queenstown-Lakes first place ranking was based on first placings in resident population growth and business growth. It ranked second in employment growth and third in GDP growth. Tauranga District's second overall placing was underpinned by its second place finish in business growth. It was ranked fifth in both population and employment growth and twelfth in GDP growth. Manukau City's third-equal placing was due to a sixth place in population growth, eighth in employment growth, tenth in business growth and eighteenth in GDP growth. Waimakiriri District third-equal placing was made up of a third place in population growth, ninth in business growth, fourteenth in GDP growth and sixteenth in employment growth. Hamilton rounds off the top five placings.
Another feature of the latest re-calculation of the regional performance ladder is the noticeable return of cities amongst the top rankings. Cities accounted for five of the top ten places with Manukau, Hamilton, Christchurch, North Shore and Wellington all appearing in the top tier.
A copy of the report, in pdf, can be found at: www.berl.co.nz |
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