NZ Strong confident it can cycle through construction weakness

The builder behind data centres, retirement villages, zoo enclosures and a speedway track believes the only way is up from here.

Auckland’s Hotel Grand Chancellor on Wellesley Street.

Will Mace Mon, 09 Mar 2026

Construction company NZ Strong’s managing director and majority owner Chris Hunter has seen a few cycles in his 42 years in the industry, and he reckons the sector is still wallowing in the lowest ebb of its latest downturn.

Hunter shares with NBR a six-stage cycle diagram titled “Construction

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