Case Study
International impacts in Indicators Aotearoa
Wellbeing goals
Indicators Aotearoa (Ngā Tūtohu Aotearoa), developed by New Zealand’s National Statistics Office, presents the big picture of the lives of New Zealanders. More than 100 indicators were chosen to monitor progress on social, cultural, economic, and environmental wellbeing. This includes indicators on the impacts of New Zealand on the rest of the world in terms of:
Climate
Consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions
Financial and physical capital
Direct investment
International investment position
Waste
Export of waste (net and gross)
Human capital
Net migration by skill type (no data)
Economic standard of living
Official development assistance
Remittances to other countries (no data)
Natural capital
Net greenhouse gas emissions
The Indicators Aotearoa monitoring framework is more comprehensive than the smaller set of indicators that are part of the New Zealand Treasury’s Living Standards Framework, which is used more directly to inform policy decision-making. Unfortunately, in the ‘International Connections’ section of the Living Standards Framework dashboard, which can be found under ‘Our Institutions and Governance’, only the indicators related to trade and foreign direct investment have been carried over and no other indicators on New Zealand’s environmental and social impact elsewhere have been included.