Building Consents Issued: May 2009

Highlights

The value of non-residential building consents exceeds residential building consents.
The value of non-residential building consents for May 2009 is $479 million and has been boosted by consents for sports stadiums around the country.
The trend for the number of authorised new dwellings, excluding apartments, has fallen 54 percent since June 2007. The decline in the trend is showing signs of easing.
The seasonally adjusted number of authorised new dwellings, excluding apartments, fell 3.1 percent.
1,238 new dwellings were authorised, including 275 apartments

Graph, New Dwellings Authorised.

Geoff Bascand	29 June 2009
Government Statistician	ISSN 1178-0231