The sharp rise in unemployment reported recently for the September quarter caught many economists and other observers by surprise.
Some even noted that the Household Labour Force Survey on which these numbers are based is known to occasionally throw up 'rogue' results.
One aspect that puzzled the experts was the weakness in the construction sector in the HLFS data. That seemed to be unusual given the obviously growing Christchurch reconstruction.
However, new data released late yesterday by Statistics NZ tends to confirm the earlier employment stats.
This new data records Q3 readymix concrete production and shows that apart from Christchurch, output has been weak.
It was startlingly weak in the Wellington region, falling to a 20 year low.
| Q3, 2011 | Q3, 2012 | change | |
| m3 | m3 | % | |
| Auckland metro | 169,154 | 157,385 | -7.0 |
| Waikato, BOP | 108,972 | 119,262 | +8.4 |
| Taranaki. Manawatu, etc | 95,374 | 79,727 | -16.4 |
| Hawkes Bay, Gisborne | 27,562 | 23,101 | -16.2 |
| Wellington metro | 31,565 | 25,540 | -19.1 |
| Christchurch metro | 81,064 | 130,260 | +60.7 |
| New Zealand | 676,512 | 717,286 | +6.0 |
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Why sign up for a new house when many older ones are larger..on bigger sections...with the scope to DIY right past the building regs.
The chch activity will peak and then drift away.
Peasants are happy, if slightly mad, to sign up to be serfs for life to parasitic banks for created credit that allows the purchase of an older house in established areas.
Having blathered about the govt's concern re high and rising house building costs...while upping the tax theft...Tweak and Fiddle must be close to setting up another working group....one that is required to formulate some appropriate BS for the govt to spout in the lead up to the election.
DIY past regs...oops not wise. However I certianly intend to maintain my house....nothing else at present materials prices makes economic sense. If you look at the regs actually some of it makes sense like deck railings. Im replacing my ones, they will meet the present regs, it will cost slightly more but safe and look better...and last longer.
I need to sit down and read what the new limits are thats for sure....for instance if Im obloged to get the new railings inspected by the council at considerable cost I might just repair what I have....
but you very are right on the sections....old properties have far better sections.
regards
Search and discover Steven...the DIY can do most things if they are being done to an existing house...from replacing roofing sheets to plumbing....not so on a newbuild....So anyone with the ability to learn DIY skills will see an older house as a better prospect....and they will not be robbed for gst by the thieving govt on their own labour.
Your deck........how high above ground level?.....you could get a LBP....that might mean scaffolding!...plus gst...plus council consent....plus gst on the charges....and inspections...
Expect idiots to continue to demand warrants on houses...annual checkups...fees...plus gst...
Yeah Ive downloaded a load of "paperwork" on DIY exemptions I can read it on the train.
:/
Having fun with their definations, like is my "verandah" a deck or a verandah....you can have a verandah over a deck WTF....nicely vague that....
LOL
So I clearly dont need a consent to repair like with like....doh...
regards
'sall in the Description! As some grumpy old blugger blegged years back...
Why that there 'Building' is a Porch. Or maybe a Pergola. Or maybe a Deck with a Large Umbrella ('ticularly if'n yer kin Unbolt it all!)
But don't ferget to pay off the neighbours....they'll need to do the same, one day.
Pity the graph didn't cover use of concrete in Dunedin in the same period ... and how did DIY come to hijack the article?
A 28 story new building for Duders should punch that graph right off the page.
http://www.groundwork.org.za/Publications/Reports/SpecialReports/Cement…
Concrete, a vital element of which is
cement, is the second most consumed
substance in the world. Only water is used
in greater quantities [W01]. Apparently,
almost one ton of concrete is used for each
person in the world each year [W02]. The
amount of concrete used in construction
around the world is more than double
that of the total of all other building
materials, including wood, steel, plastic
and aluminium [W03].
This entirely affect the construction industry which mainly use manpower force than of mechanism. and that the effect will directly goes to laborer. Minor triggers to big company that deals with real estate constructions.
Regards.
Gerry of http://caldwells.com/
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