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Road traffic injury hospitalisations in 2022 were similar to pre-COVID-19 levels 13 December 2023

We've updated our surveillance report on road traffic injury hospitalisations. The 2022 traffic injury hospitalisation rate was 80.

Private passenger vehicles tend to be older in areas of higher socioeconomic deprivation 15 November 2023

We have just published an EHINZ Perspective on private passenger vehicle age and socioeconomic deprivation.

Most household travel time is spent in motor vehicles 12 October 2023

We've updated our factsheet on household travel time by mode of transport. • Between 2019–22, 82. 0% of all annual travel time was spent in private motor vehicles.

Traffic injury mortality rates are increasing but remain lower than historical highs 30 August 2023

We've updated our factsheet on traffic injury mortality.

Carbon monoxide levels are low, but not well-monitored 28 June 2023

We've updated our factsheet covering concentrations of carbon monoxide and the distribution of monitoring stations around New Zealand.

Energy use has not returned to pre-COVID levels 19 June 2023

We've updated our 'Energy use by fuel type and sector' factsheet, taking in the latest statistics from MBIE.

More than 40% of light vehicles in NZ are at least 15 years old 31 May 2023

We’ve just updated the 'Number of motor vehicles' and 'Average age of motor vehicles' factsheets in our Air Quality / Transport domains.

Less than half of all children use active transport to travel to or from school 15 May 2023

We’ve updated our ‘Active transport to and from school’ factsheet with the latest statistics on school-aged children (5–14 years) who usually used active transport (such as walking or cycling) to...

Hot days are getting more common, and cold days rarer 24 March 2023

We've updated our 'Days with extreme temperatures' factsheet, which days with hot days (days with maximum temperatures over 25°C) and cold days (where minimum temperatures were below 0°C).

No exotic mosquitos have established in New Zealand since the discovery of Culex sitiens in Kaipara Harbour in 2018. 23 March 2023

We have published the latest results on exotic mosquitos established in New Zealand.