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  • New Zealand December Building Permits Climb 2.3%

    NEW ZEALAND, 2016/01/29 The total number of building permits issued in New Zealand advanced a seasonally adjusted 2.3 % on month in December, Statistics New Zealand said on Friday - standing at 2,538. That follows the upwardly revised 2.4 % increase in November (originally 1.8 %). The actual price of building work consented in December was NZ$1.6 billion. Residential work was up NZ$184 million (22 % on year) to NZ$1.0 billion. Non-residential work was up NZ$124 million (29 %) to NZ$555 million. Individually, consents were issued for 1,661 houses, 427 apartments, 291 townhouses and 159 retirement village units.
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