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The economy rebounded in the September quarter, after contracting in the June period.
Stats NZ data showed gross domestic product (GDP) - the broad measure of economic growth - rose 1.1 percent in the three months ended September, to be 1.4 percent higher than a year ago.
It follows a revised 1 percent contraction in the three months ended June.
Business editor Gyles Beckford is in the Wellington studio.