"We continue to invest in our business for the future. Good progress is being made on our growth drivers, delivering more customer value and better customer experiences, extending our brand reach, merchandising innovation and expanding our commercial business."
A company statement said that during the latest six months, new trade centres in Hornby and Avondale were opened.
Construction of a new Bunnings Warehouse in New Lynn was well progressed and there are plans to open more stores as the business continues to invest for the long term, it said.
At the end of 2014 Bunnings employed over 3700 staff who it refers to as team members across 24 warehouses, 20 small format stores and five trade centres.
Its most controversial new store is in Auckland's Arch Hill where residents have won many important concessions in an attempt to minimise the effects of the controversial new store on their Auckland neighbourhood.
Nearby houses will be checked for structural damage from the building work, summer trading hours will be limited, loud speaker use will be controlled and traffic slowed by a proposed raised roadway to soften the mega-store's arrival.
Construction work is yet to begin there.
