Construction boom to drive growth in NZ jobs over next three years, MBIE says

Construction boom to drive growth in NZ jobs over next three years, MBIE says
Jonathan Underhill
By Jonathan Underhill Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's construction boom is expected to be the single biggest driver of employment growth over the next three years, generating about 29 percent of a forecast 183,900 jobs to be created by March 2019, government figures show. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's "Short-term Employment Forecast: 2016-19" report uses the Treasury's GDP growth forecasts for the next three years to estimate how many jobs will be created and where. Finance Minister Bill English releases the...