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Data & Insight Reports
These reports serve as an extension of the dashboards available on DISH, offering timely and comprehensive quarterly data and insights tailored to a broad range of audiences.
While the dashboards provide an at-a-glance overview, these reports delve deeper, offering further insights specific to the Murihiku Southland region. The reports are structured around four quarterly periods throughout the year: January to March, April to June, July to September, and October to December, ensuring consistent and up-to-date information to support local decision-making, planning, and development.
Tourism Reports
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Q3 2025 Murihiku Southland Tourism Report
The past quarter has delivered encouraging signs for tourism across Murihiku Southland, particularly in the strength of international visitation and the flow-on benefits this brings to our regional economy.
While domestic conditions remain challenging, driven by cost-of-living pressures and a softer labour market, the region continues to demonstrate resilience and adaptability in a changing tourism landscape.
International interest in our region, especially Fiordland, has been a standout feature this quarter. Visitors are contributing strongly to local businesses across accommodation, hospitality, transport and experiences. This reinforces the value of Southland’s diverse tourism offering and the importance of collaboration across the sector to capture these opportunities.
At the same time, the data highlights areas where conditions remain more subdued, particularly within parts of the domestic market and in Southland outside of Fiordland. These insights are important as they help guide future focus areas, ensuring effort and investment are targeted where they can have the greatest impact.
Overall, this quarter reflects a tourism sector that is responding well to external conditions, supported by strong international demand and a growing appetite for authentic, nature-based experiences.
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Economic Reports
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Q3 Murihiku Southland Economic Quarterly Report
This quarter’s economic indicators present a picture of a region that remains resilient, grounded in strong fundamentals, while continuing to navigate broader national and global headwinds.
Murihiku Southland’s economy continues to benefit from its core industries, with agriculture, food production, energy and tourism providing stability through a period of ongoing uncertainty.
Economic growth remains positive, with regional GDP and GDP per capita increasing year-on-year, broadly tracking national trends. Population growth has also remained steady, supporting labour supply and underpinning longer-term demand across housing, services and infrastructure. At the same time, softer conditions are evident in some areas, particularly those more exposed to household confidence and discretionary spending.
Nationally, economic momentum remains subdued, with inflationary pressures and interest rates continuing to influence business investment decisions and consumer behaviour. Against this backdrop, Murihiku Southland’s relative stability is notable, reflecting both the essential nature of many of the region’s industries and its ability to adapt to changing conditions.
This report provides an overview of key economic trends across employment, consumer activity and housing. Together, these indicators help build a picture of how households and businesses are responding to current conditions, where pressures are most evident, and where underlying strength remains. While challenges persist, the data suggests Murihiku Southland is well positioned to respond as confidence improves and economic conditions begin to stabilise.
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Housing Reports
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Q3 2025 Murihiku Southland Housing Report
Murihiku Southland’s housing landscape continues to show a mix of stability, strong performance in key areas, and emerging pressures shaped by broader economic conditions.
While the national picture remains subdued, Murihiku Southland is seeing pockets of significant momentum, particularly in Invercargill City, alongside gradual easing in social housing demand and varied market activity across districts.
Lower interest rates, shifting investor behaviour and ongoing regional growth are collectively influencing supply, demand and affordability across the region.
Overall, the quarter reflects a region that is adjusting well to changing market conditions, with several encouraging indicators for both households and the wider economy.
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