Construction continues to slow, although consents for office and public transport buildings have risen 26 percent.

Stats NZ says new home consents dropped 20 percent in the year to August - and standalone new builds fell 9.7 percent.

Consents for townhouses, apartments, retirement village units, and flats are down 27 percent.

Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen unpacks the factors behind the decline.

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Construction continues to slow, although consents for office and public transport buildings have risen 26 percent.
Stats NZ says new home consents dropped 20 percent in the year to August - and standalone new builds fell 9.7 percent.
Consents for townhouses, apartments, retirement village units, and flats are down 27 percent.
Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen unpacks the factors behind the decline.
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Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on the declining demand for construction

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The Education Minister denies ever considering banning Virtual Private Networks as part of the social media ban for under-16s, but says the tool was talked about.

The Post reported this morning Erica Stanford was looking at prohibiting VPNs, which lets internet users mask their location and online address.

The Prime Minister and Stanford rejected the claim.

She says they discussed VPNs in a different context. 

"They can be used for children to get around social media bans, and we also talked about the fact that big tech firms have the ability to know when children are doing that."

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The Education Minister denies ever considering banning Virtual Private Networks as part of the social media ban for under-16s, but says the tool was talked about.
The Post reported this morning Erica Stanford was looking at prohibiting VPNs, which lets internet users mask their location and online address.
The Prime Minister and Stanford rejected the claim.
She says they discussed VPNs in a different context.&nbsp;
"They can be used for children to get around social media bans, and we also talked about the fact that big tech firms have the ability to know when children are doing that."
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Erica Stanford: Education Minister explains why Government not looking to ban VPNs

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The Government's celebrating the new diesel storage tanks opening at Marsden Point.

The Northland site will store 93 million litres emergency reserve, ordered at the peak of the fuel crisis, in April. 

It paid Channel Infrastructure to upgrade its tanks. 

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says the Government's looking to boost up emergency supplies following the uncertainty of the Middle East conflict. 

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The Government's celebrating the new diesel storage tanks opening at Marsden Point.
The Northland site will store 93 million litres emergency reserve, ordered at the peak of the fuel crisis, in April.&nbsp;
It paid Channel Infrastructure to upgrade its tanks.&nbsp;
Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says the Government's looking to boost up emergency supplies following the uncertainty of the Middle East conflict.&nbsp;
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Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on the Government opening new diesel storage at Marsden Point

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The Australian Government has raised concerns over China's decision to test their ballistic missile in the Pacific.

The missile was fired from a Chinese submarine, landing between Kiribati and Tuvalu.

China says it complied with international law - and didn't target any nation.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says this follows Australia inking the Vuvale Union Treaty with Fiji.

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The Australian Government has raised concerns over China's decision to test their ballistic missile in the Pacific.
The missile was fired from a Chinese submarine, landing between Kiribati and Tuvalu.
China says it complied with international law - and didn't target any nation.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says this follows Australia inking the Vuvale Union Treaty with Fiji.
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Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on Australia's reaction to China's ballistic missile test

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Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on the declining demand for construction

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