New Zealand's gross domestic product expanded 0.5 percent on quarter in the first three months of 2017, Statistics New Zealand said on Thursday.
That was shy of expectations for a gain of 0.7 percent but was up from the 0.4 percent increase in the three months prior.
Expenditure on gross domestic product gained 0.2 percent in the first quarter.
On a yearly basis, GDP climbed 2.5 percent - again missing forecasts for 2.7 percent, which would have been unchanged.
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