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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
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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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Will Mace Mon, 09 Mar 2026
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