1. Introduction
This is the fourth annual release of this paper. This release has:
- updated figures for hardware imports and exports;
- updated figures for trade in software and services and for the size of the New Zealand information technology (IT) market;
- updated figures on the size of the Internet in New Zealand;
- updated figures for employment in segments of the IT industry;
- an updated figure for the number of computers in homes;
- new figures on the number of computers in New Zealand schools; and
- new figures for the number of Internet connections in schools and the number of schools that intend to connect to the Internet.
In previous issues of this paper figures relating to IT occupations have been included. As these figures were derived from census data which has not been updated yet, data on IT industry occupations has not been included in this issue of the paper. However, it is intended that a special issue, including updated data from the 1996 census, will be published later in the 1997 year.
ISBN 0-478-00387-0.
This hypertext form of this paper includes the underlying data tables as well as the graphs.
1.1 Acknowledgements
The majority of the figures in this paper have been sourced from Statistics New Zealand. Other sources are credited specifically where they have been used. Some of the figures are taken from a survey of IT businesses conducted by Statistics New Zealand and jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, Information Technology Association of New Zealand, Tradenz and Statistics New Zealand.
1.2 Defining Information Technology
As well as the traditional data processing industries, telecommunications and broadcasting are shown in many of the figures in this paper. This reflects the fact that these industries process information using technological means, and the increasingly blurred distinctions between these sectors.
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