Northland builders are riding out a downturn in construction and say they would love to see the Government help to smooth out the industry’s boom-bust cycle. The number of new building consents in Northland, for the year ending May, is down 29% when compared with 2023. The drop is greater than for New Zealand as a whole , which saw new building consents down 23% on 2023, according to figures released by Stats NZ on Tuesday.
The biggest concern about the downturn is losing experienced builders who are hard to replace, said Darrell Trigg, managing director of Northland commercial building company Trigg Construction and director of the Registered Master Builders Association..
