Auckland will need to build 5000 state and private rental houses every year for the next 15 years to accommodate population growth, two housing reports say....

New Zealand’s annual net permanent and long-term (PLT) migration balance was a gain of 20,000 in the November 2009 year, up from 3,600 in the November 2008 year, Statistics New Zealand said today. ...

New Zealand had its highest annual net migration gain in nearly five years during the 12 months to August, figures published by Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) today show....

POSITIVE SIGN: The number of consents for new dwellings lifted strongly last month, particularly when apartment numbers were excluded....

This guide to the data-issuers in the housing, farming and construction sectors gives a spread of the range of facts and associated opinions being issued....