18 Dec 2025

GDP data shows bounce in September quarter

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 18 December 2025
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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.