Economic updates
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Residential building consents
Residential consents above 36,000pa again
36,619 Dwelling consents over the year to December 2025
97% Retirement units in the December 2025 quarter compared to 202414% Annual townhouse consents over 2025Tue 3 Feb 2026
Brad Olsen
Monthly
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Non-residential building consents
A weak end to 2025 for non-residential consents
$584m Value of non-res consents in December 2025
Non-residential consents weakest month since Dec 2024 (seas adj)
11% Public sector consents from the December 2024 quarterTue 3 Feb 2026
Gareth Kiernan
Monthly
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Employment indicators
Filled jobs flatline in December
0.0% Filled jobs in December 2025 (sa)0.5% November increase revised up (sa)
Primary & goods-producing jobs down in December (sa)Wed 28 Jan 2026
Nick Brunsdon
Monthly
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Consumers price index
Inflation breaches the RBNZ upper band
Inflation up to 3.1%paNon-tradable inflation unchanged at 3.5%pa
OCR expectations and wholesale interest rates likely to increaseFri 23 Jan 2026
Brad Olsen
Quarterly
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Real estate statistics
House prices end the year in the red
House prices down 0.4% from December 2024House sales down 2.0% from November (sa)Stock of properties for sale down 0.7% from November (sa)Thu 22 Jan 2026
Matthew Allman
Monthly
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Tourism data
Tourism arrivals keep slowly growing
Tourism arrivals grew 0.8% in November from October 2025 (seasonally adjusted)Tourism arrivals rose 8.2% over the year to November 2025Tourism arrivals at 93% of pre-pandemic levels in November 2025Thu 22 Jan 2026
Nick Brunsdon
Monthly
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Non-residential building consents
Large government facility masks continued non-res weakness
$789m Value of non-res consents in November 2025
Total consents down 11% from November 2024Factory building weak outside MPI's $193m consentWed 14 Jan 2026
Gareth Kiernan
Monthly
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Residential building consents
Trend in residential consents strengthening
35,969 Dwelling consents over the year toNovember 2025
Total consents up 14%pa from Nov 2024Townhouse consents up 11%pa from Nov 2024Wed 14 Jan 2026
Matthew Allman
Monthly
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Employment indicators
Encouraging increase in November filled jobs
Filled jobs rise 0.3% in November (sa)Primary industry jobs up 0.8% in November (sa)Goods-producing industry jobs record first increase since 2023Wed 14 Jan 2026
Nick Brunsdon
Monthly
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Commercial registrations and activity
Medium and very heavy commercial registrations still falling
Quarterly very heavy registrations down 26%pa in Dec 2025Quarterly medium registrations down 18%pa in Dec 2025Quarterly light commercial registrations up 9.5%pa in Dec 2025Tue 13 Jan 2026
Matthew Allman
Quarterly