The Kaka’s diary for the week to April 29 and beyond
PM to hold weekly news conference today; Willis speech tomorrow; Peters at Gallipoli for ANZAC Day; ANZ Roy Morgan consumer confidence survey due Friday; RBNZ FSR on May 1; Budget on May 30
TL;DR: The six key events to watch in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy in the week to April 29 include:
PM Christopher Luxon is scheduled to hold a post-Cabinet news conference at 4 pm today.
Stats NZ releases its statutory report on Census 2023 tomorrow.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis delivers a pre-Budget speech at an international tourism conference in Wellington tomorrow morning.
ANZAC day is on Thursday. Deputy PM Winston Peters will be at Gallipoli.
RBNZ releases its mortgage data for March on Friday.
ANZ Roy Morgan consumer confidence survey for April being released on Friday.
The Kaka’s diary for the week to April 29, and the rest of 2024
Monday, April 22
Cabinet meets and PM Christopher Luxon is expected to hold a post-Cab news conference at 4 pm, which is usually live-streamed here. A transcript is usually published here the next day.
RBNZ scheduled to release credit card spending (C13) and credit card balances (C12) data for March at 3pm.
Tuesday, April 23
The NZ Debt Management Office (NZDMO) of Treasury is scheduled to release the New Zealand Government Bond tender schedule for May at 8am.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis is scheduled to speak at the World Tourism Cities Federation Summit for 2024 at 9.30am.
Parliament’s Justice Select Committee is scheduled to hear submissions on the Gangs Legislation Amendment Bill from 10am to 3:10pm. Parliament is not sitting this week.
Stats NZ scheduled to release its Report of the Statutory Review of the 2023 Census, as well as interim coverage rates, collection response rates, and data sources for the 2023 Census.
Wednesday, April 24
Stats NZ to release Merchandise Trade data for March at 10.45am Stats NZ release calendar
Thursday, April 25
ANZAC day Public Holiday. Deputy PM Winston Peters at Gallipoli.
No Hoon
Friday April 26
ANZ NZ to release ANZ Roy Morgan consumer confidence survey for April at 10am.
Stats NZ scheduled to release Prison (sentence remand and post-prison) community-sentence and completed community work offender population statistics for calendar 2023 at 10.45am.
Stats NZ scheduled to release Research and Development survey for 2023 at 10.45am.
RBNZ scheduled to release residential mortgage data (C30-33, 35) for March at 3pm
Next week, and the rest of 2024
April 29 - Stats NZ scheduled to release Business Count Indicators for March, Employment Indicators for March and Household living-costs price indices for March.
April 30 - Stats NZ scheduled to release Property Transfer data for the March quarter.
May 1 - RBNZ releases half-yearly Financial Stability Report. RBNZ events calendar
May 1 - Stats NZ scheduled to release Labour market statistics for the March quarter.
May 8 - Stats NZ scheduled to release updates to 2024 greenhouse gas emissions (industry and household) statistics
May 13 - Stats NZ scheduled to release Selected Price Indexes for April, including prices of rents, food, fuel, air tickets and hotel accommodation domestically and internationally.
May 14 - Stats NZ scheduled to release Electronic card transactions data in retail trade for April.
May 14 - Stats NZ scheduled to release International migration data for March
May 22 - RBNZ makes OCR decision and publishes May Monetary Policy Statement
May 29 - Stats NZ scheduled to release 2023 Census results
May 30 - Stats NZ scheduled to release Building consents data for April.
May 30 - Greenhouse gas emissions (industry and household) for calendar 2022
May 30 - Government Budget for 2024/25 scheduled to be published at 2pm.
July 4 - Stats NZ scheduled to release National accounts (income, saving, assets, and liabilities) for the March 2024 quarter.
July 10 - RBNZ makes OCR decision only.
Aug 14 - RBNZ makes OCR decision and publishes August MPS
October 3 - Stats NZ scheduled to release 2023 Census: Individuals and dwellings.
Oct 9 - RBNZ makes OCR decision only.
Oct 10 - Stats NZ scheduled to release National accounts (income, saving, assets, and liabilities): for June 2024 quarter.
Oct 23 - Stats NZ scheduled to release 2023 Census: Number of electorates and electoral populations.
Nov 5 - US Presidential Elections1
Nov 6 - RBNZ releases half-yearly Financial Stability Report.
Nov 7 - Stats NZ scheduled to release 2023 Census: Families, extended families, and households.
Nov 27 - RBNZ makes final OCR decision for 2024 and releases final MPS for 2024
We will keep updating this through the week and republish on Monday or Tuesday mornings, public holidays permitting.
We welcome suggestions for events to include in this diary.
Nga mihi nui
Bernard
God help us all.