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NZ manufacturing keeps growing in December quarter, rundown in stocks bodes well for 2013

NZ manufacturing keeps growing in December quarter, rundown in stocks bodes well for 2013

By Paul McBeth March 8 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand manufacturing volumes continued to grow in the final three months of 2012, and a rundown in stocks outside food and beverage bodes well for the sector this year as construction gets underway in Canterbury and Auckland. Total...

08 Mar 2013
NZ property values extend gains in February, again led by Auckland, Canterbury

NZ property values extend gains in February, again led by Auckland, Canterbury

March 8 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand property values continued to rise in February, with most of the increase still coming from Auckland and Canterbury. National property values rose 3.2 percent in the three months ended Feb. 28 to $428,692 and have gained 6.3 percent over the p...

08 Mar 2013
High kiwi, drought add to conflicting pressures on RBNZ ahead of review

High kiwi, drought add to conflicting pressures on RBNZ ahead of review

By Jonathan Underhill March 8 (BusinessDesk) – Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler has an increasing number of moving parts to juggle in his assessment of monetary policy, with the kiwi dollar higher than forecast, a resurgent housing market and the impact of drought on econom...

07 Mar 2013