3. New Zealand Information Technology Market
The information in this section is based on the survey of IT businesses conducted by Statistics New Zealand (Statistics NZ 2003b) and applies to the 2001/2002 accounting year. For more information about the survey see Section 2 above. Data for 2001 has been revised since the previous report, as more accurate information has become available (similar revisions were also made in previous years).
The total value of the New Zealand IT industry, excluding communications services, in the 2002 financial year was estimated at $7,055 million, up 1% from the previous year. This figure includes an unknown level of double counting of retail and wholesale sales. Consequently, the data used in Figure 3.1 represents goods and services sold to end-users only and, for 2002, excludes $1,812 million reported in the survey as "other customer sales" and $968 million reported as "export sales."
Figure 3.1: New Zealand End-User IT Sales, Excluding Telecommunications Services
(Statistics NZ 2003b)
→ Figure 3.1: New Zealand End-User IT Sales, Excluding Telecommunications Services - Table
Table 3.1.displays the percentage change in the sales of goods and services shown in Figure 3.1. The Computer h/w: Single-User Systems category refers to complete computers intended for use by only one person at any one time and so mainly comprises desktop and personal computers. Computer h/w: Multi-User Systems refers to computers intended for use by many people at the same time and includes file servers, midrange systems and mainframes. Parts of computer systems (other than the CPU) when sold separately appear under Peripheral Computer Equipment.
There has been six consecutive years of overall growth, however the growth in 2002 of 0.7% was the smallest during that period. There was growth in all areas in 2002 except for Communications Hardware and Cables, which fell by 12.1% and Computer Services, which fell by 3.4%. Note that the 2002 figure for Training and Education in IT is an estimate and so no percentage change is shown.
Table 3.1: Percentage Changes in End-User Sales
| | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Computer h/w: single user systems | -12.4 | 3.5 | 5.4 | -11.2 | 11.3 | 22.8 |
| Computer h/w: multi-user systems | -5.8 | -0.2 | -2.5 | -10.9 | -2.0 | 16.0 |
| Peripheral computer equipment | -5.7 | 11.6 | 14.3 | -9.3 | 3.2 | 17.5 |
| Communications hardware and cables | 15.9 | -7.8 | -19.8 | 39.1 | 26.3 | -12.1 |
| Software sales | -13.9 | 27.7 | 24.3 | -15.9 | 27.0 | 3.0 |
| Computer services | 4.5 | 13.7 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 2.7 | -3.4 |
| Training and education in IT | 2.4 | -1.3 | 41.1 | 53.5 | 11.3 | |
| Total New Zealand end-user sales | 6.2 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 0.7 |
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