The total number of building consents issued in New Zealand fell a seasonally adjusted 1.5 percent on month in September, Statistics New Zealand said on Wednesday - following a 6.8 percent rise in August and a 9.7 percent drop in July.
In the year ended September 2018, the actual number of new dwellings consented was 32,548, up 5.4 percent from the September 2017 year.
The annual value of non-residential building work consented was NZ$6.7 billion, up 4.9 percent from the September 2017 year.
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