No surprise from the Christchurch Mayor, that construction is booming in Canterbury
No surprise from the Christchurch Mayor, that construction is booming in Canterbury
23 January 2025
The region's councils consented six-and-a-half thousand homes in the year to November - a fifth of the country's new builds.
The number of consents in Christchurch was also triple Wellington's.
Phil Mauger says there's been a billion-dollars worth of new homes built in Christchurch - half being units, townhouses or apartments.
He says they're aiming for 20-thousand more people in the central city.
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