Story: National income and GDP

More links and websites

• New Zealand Institute of Economic Research – Research monographs

  A monograph by Phil Briggs with a chapter on New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) over time.

• Statistics New Zealand

  The Statistics New Zealand site includes latest figures from the national accounts, including gross domestic product (GDP).

• Treasury – New Zealand economic growth

  A paper providing detailed analysis of New Zealand’s GDP since the 1970s.

More suggestions and sources

• Dowie, J. A. ‘A century-old estimate of the national income of New Zealand.’ Business Archives and History, 6 (August 1966): 117–131.

• Hawke, G. R. The making of New Zealand: an economic history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.

• Rankin, Keith. ‘New Zealand’s gross national product: 1859–1939.’ Review of Income and Wealth, 38, no. 1 (March 1992): 49–69.