Statistics NZ delays tomorrow's retail trade release after quake damages Wgtn office

Statistics NZ delays tomorrow's retail trade release after quake damages Wgtn office
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Nov. 14 (BusinessDesk) - Statistics New Zealand will put off tomorrow's scheduled release of the September quarter retail trade survey and provide a new schedule of upcoming releases after last night's 7.5 magnitude earthquake damaged its Wellington base to the extent that it could be up to a year before it can be reoccupied.  The government statistics agency's office on Wellington's Harbour Quays was closed to its 500 or so staff today as engineers inspected the building, and Statistics NZ has been told it will be up to 12...