building and housing trends april june 2006 published in october by department of po box 10 729 wellington new zealand this document is available on the s website www dbh govt nz issn 1176 8339 contents may be freely used reproduced unless otherwise specified all cases must acknowledged as source are for information only subject to change not a substitute commercial judgement or professional advice which should sought before acting reliance prepared based sources believes reliable while makes reasonable efforts ensure accurate it does accept liability any errors that nor responsibility person loss damage result from act mission relation material introduction 2 executive summary 3 economic growth industry outputs 5 market 6 social assistance 8 sectoral analysis 12 activity