Christchurch building consents top $1 billion in first half of 2012 Stats NZ

Christchurch building consents top $1 billion in first half of 2012 Stats NZ
By Hannah Lynch Aug 28 (BusinessDesk) - The value of building consents approved in Canterbury reached $1 billion dollars, quickly approaching the $1.2 billion consented for all of last year, says Statistics New Zealand. Some $404 million was for non-residential building work and rest was for home building. "Residential building consents have seen some large rises in the number of new dwellings authorised in Canterbury in the most recent months," the government department said in a statement. "These rises have mainly been in the districts a...