New Zealand

Wound care in New Zealand is expected to register increases in retail volume and current value terms in 2024, continuing the trend from the previous couple of years. Both gauze, tape and other wound care and sticking plasters/adhesive bandages are…

Weight management and wellbeing is set to see growth in current value terms in New Zealand in 2024, although this will mainly be due to price rises, as retail volume sales are expected to struggle to achieve growth in most categories. As in 2023, the…

The New Zealand market continues to feel the impact of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, with consumer confidence in spending on non-discretionary categories remaining low. Vitamins is therefore expected to experience another year of weak retail…

Sports nutrition is set to maintain solid retail volume and current value growth rates in New Zealand in 2024. However, with a slowing of price increases as inflationary pressures and cost increases ease, value growth is set to see a considerable…

Retail sales of sleep aids are expected to register growth in both retail volume and current value terms in New Zealand in 2024. Many consumers struggle to achieve the recommended seven to eight hours sleep each night, and hence look for ways to…

In 2024, retail volume performances in paediatric consumer health in New Zealand are expected to vary across categories, with decline for paediatric analgesics and paediatric dermatologicals, for instance, but growth for nappy (diaper) rash…

Although NRT smoking cessation aids in New Zealand is expected to see low retail current value growth in 2024, retail volume sales are expected to decline for another year. While volume sales are being limited by falling smoking prevalence and the…

The health and wellness trend continues to fuel demand for herbal/traditional products, with the category set to see solid retail current value growth in New Zealand in 2024. However, in addition to retail volume growth, some of this value growth is…

Eye care is expected to maintain solid retail volume and current value growth rates in New Zealand in 2024, with standard eye care set to see particularly strong increases. Value growth is expected to be stronger than volume, due to higher costs for…

Digestive remedies is expected to maintain retail current value growth in New Zealand in 2024. There is much room for improvement in the dietary habits of some of the New Zealand population, and this has also been exacerbated by the cost of living…

In 2024, dietary supplements in New Zealand is set to exhibit steady retail current value growth, with volume sales also increasing across most categories. An increasing number of consumers are moving away from dietary supplements that target only…

Dermatologicals is set to maintain retail current value growth in New Zealand in 2024. With higher costs being passed on to consumers, value growth within the category has been strongly influenced by unit price increases, with the rate of value…

Cough, cold and allergy remedies in New Zealand is set to see slow retail current value growth in 2024. During the period 2020-2021, there were movement restrictions and reduced levels of social interaction due to the government response to the…

Retail current value growth within consumer health in New Zealand in 2024 has been strongly influenced by unit price growth, which is attributable to the broader inflationary pressures affecting New Zealand in the years since COVID-19 first hit the…

Analgesics is set to see slow retail current value growth in New Zealand in 2024. During the period 2020-2021, the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic included movement restrictions and reduced levels of social interaction, which meant…

Rising travel costs and inflation-induced cost of living pressures fail to dampen the demand for New Zealanders wanting to travel overseas, with outbound travel numbers reaching record levels towards the end of the review period. According to…

Despite the significant cost-of-living pressures and rising travel costs, outbound tourism from New Zealand continues to flourish, defying expectations and reaching unprecedented levels in early 2024. Data from Statistics New Zealand highlights that…

The ongoing recovery in lodging sales across New Zealand in 2024 has been bolstered by the return of Chinese tourists and increased air connectivity with the United States. New airlines have launched services to New Zealand, while existing US…

In 2024, booking sales in New Zealand are set to record a double-digit increase. As New Zealand emerges from the pandemic and reopens its borders, international business travel has seen a substantial resurgence, even as the domestic market faces…

The resumption of Sichuan Airlines' Chengdu-Auckland route in 2024 marks a significant milestone in restoring New Zealand’s air travel links with China to their pre-COVID levels. The COVID-19 pandemic caused an abrupt cessation of international air…