No More Beer Production Stats For New Zealand
So who was funding this?
With this gone and Beer Wines & Spirits now defunct no one will know how much beer is made in New Zealand.
Do you care?
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Dear Sir/Madam,
As a recipient of the Beer Production survey data, I wish to inform you that as a result of changes to funding, Statistics New Zealand will no longer be collecting and publishing this data.
The September 2006 quarter (released 15/11/2006) was the last quarter to be published.
Kind Regards
Denise Carlson
Statistical Analyst
Business Indicators
Statistics New Zealand
Phone: (03) 964 8364
Fax: (03) 964 8759
Email: Denise.Carlson@stats.govt.nz
With this gone and Beer Wines & Spirits now defunct no one will know how much beer is made in New Zealand.
Do you care?
---------------------
Dear Sir/Madam,
As a recipient of the Beer Production survey data, I wish to inform you that as a result of changes to funding, Statistics New Zealand will no longer be collecting and publishing this data.
The September 2006 quarter (released 15/11/2006) was the last quarter to be published.
Kind Regards
Denise Carlson
Statistical Analyst
Business Indicators
Statistics New Zealand
Phone: (03) 964 8364
Fax: (03) 964 8759
Email: Denise.Carlson@stats.govt.nz
posted by Unknown at 8:36 pm
1 Comments:
I care, although with a qualification. I think with the addition of a category for "craft beer", those stats would have been invaluable in tracking the rise of decent, well made beer against mass-market tastes-like-crap-but-gets-you-drunk beer. This is a really useful thing to know if you are, say, a member of a pro-craft-beer consumer advocacy group like SOBA! It's a hard fight to be fighting in this country where not liking Lion Red is tantamount to treason, or worse, SNOBBERY! The loss of those stats removes a weapon from our arsenal. I've emailed Denise expressing my disappointment. If you care, please do the same. It only takes a minute.
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