The Screen Industry Survey is sent to businesses involved in some way with the screen industry in New Zealand. A detailed survey of the screen industry recognises the industry’s contribution to the New Zealand economy, and identifies the potential for, and impediments to, its continuing growth. The information you provide will help build a better understanding of the needs and practices of businesses in the New Zealand screen industry.
The Screen Industry Survey is sent to approximately 3,100 businesses and is a full coverage survey of the national industry. This survey includes the businesses managing screen productions, as well as those associated with the screen industry, and any businesses or individuals who contract their services to screen production companies. Predominantly, the businesses surveyed are involved in the following activities:
A substantial component of the screen industry is made up of individuals and small companies. Although individually these companies may be small, in combination they are an integral part of the industry and it is important that we collect their information.
The annual Screen Industry Survey has been designed to develop an understanding of the contribution that the screen industry makes to the New Zealand economy. The survey will produce current and meaningful statistics on many aspects of screen industry activity. The information you provide will be used by the Government to assist the development and delivery of policies that encourage and support the screen industry in New Zealand. This survey will also give you useful information for planning, marketing, and business development.
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The survey should be completed by someone who has access to the businesses' financial accounts, and also has an overall knowledge of the business. This would usually be the business owner, Managing Director, or Finance Manager. Since many of the questions are opinion or activity-based, it is not recommended that an accountant completes this form on the businesses' behalf.
This survey takes place annually.
It is important that you complete and return your questionnaire, even if you consider that it does not apply to your business. Because the screen industry encompasses a number of different activities, the survey is collecting information from a broad range of businesses. Some examples of business activities that may otherwise be missed from the population are the contracted supply of rental properties or sound stages, and supply industry specific equipment to screen contractors or production companies.
Under the Statistics Act 1975, only authorised people can see your individual information and they must use it only for statistical purposes. Your information will be combined with information from other respondents to prepare summary statistics. Statistics NZ makes sure that no individual response can be identified when the results are published.
Under the Statistics Act 1975 you must provide the information requested by Statistics NZ. It is also important that information from all the businesses surveyed is accurately represented in the statistical results.
Providing information to Statistics New Zealand is a statutory obligation. There is no provision in the Statistics Act 1975 for people to be paid for providing information. Where possible, we request information in a way that is easily obtainable from business records. We also recognise that completing survey questionnaires can be time consuming. For some surveys, we provide survey respondents with information that can be useful for your business planning purposes. Also, survey results are available free of charge on the Statistics New Zealand website.
Businesses selected for any Statistics New Zealand survey must provide the information requested. This is a legal requirement under the Statistics Act 1975.
We appreciate that it can be difficult and time consuming to complete survey forms. If you would prefer to provide information by fax or by email, please phone our Survey Help Desk on 0800 809 464 to discuss these options.
Yes, information from the Screen Industry Survey is published in information releases, annual screen industry reports, and other related releases. Key results are available for other Statistics New Zealand surveys.
Many statistics are available to you and your business as it is 'public good' information. This means that you can access this information free of charge, from this website, or by contacting our Customer Services staff via email info@stats.govt.nz or by phoning or visiting your nearest Statistics New Zealand office. Our newsletters also contain information which you may find useful. The information available could assist you in business planning and for monitoring business performance.
We can provide information that could help your business. For instance we have information that can help in:
Further explanation can be found in Business Helper, a web-based guide for business users. We can also provide statistics that enable a comparison of the results of your business with industry results. Contact our Information Centre for more information on Business Helper or on business profiling, please phone toll free 0508 525 525, or send an email to info@stats.govt.nz.