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The month of May saw the manufacturing sector continue its march towards stronger expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for May at 54.7.

Despite recent shocks to the economy, manufacturing has continued its run of expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for April at 51.5.

Manufacturing activity has been shaken over the last couple of months, but is still keeping its head above water, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for March at 50.1.

Manufacturing activity in January 2011 shows a positive start to the year with the fourth consecutive month in expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for January at 53.7.

Manufacturing activity in 2010 ended on a solid note, with its third consecutive month in expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for December at 53.1.

November finally saw manufacturing turn the corner with modest expansion in all regions and in all the indices measured, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for November at 52.7.

October saw little change from September, as the sector remains fairly static and still not quite able to get into expansionary territory, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for September at 49.7.

September saw little change from August regarding activity in manufacturing, as the sector remains flat and unable to expand, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for September at 49.2.

The manufacturing sector remains flat for the second consecutive month after steady expansion in the first half of the year, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for August at 49.3.

The month of July saw the manufacturing sector flattened out after ten consecutive months of expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for July at 49.9.

The month of June saw a pick-up in the level of expansion for the manufacturing sector, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for June at 56.2.

New Zealand manufacturing continues to be in expansionary territory for May, although it has eased back slightly from the April expansion, with a seasonally adjusted PMI for May at 54.5.