Property beats agriculture as the backbone of the country
Property beats agriculture and health as the biggest single industry, a new report says. NBR Radio's Grant Walker talks to Property Council chief Connal Townsend
Sally Lindsay Thu, 11 May 2017
Property directly contributes a staggering $29.8 billion to the country’s GDP and is New Zealand’s biggest single industry, according to a report by Urban Economics.
Thirteen percent of the country’s total GDP is from property – higher than the manufacturing, agriculture and health sectors.
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