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It's a tough retail environment across NZ, as new spending stats show weak spending, especially on discretionary items.

New Zealand's house building activity shrank in the first three months of the year as most new work was largely in non-residential construction.

The building industry is in crisis.

Last month 973 consents were issued for new dwelling units, down 29 per cent from February 2010.

There was a modest recovery in both home sales and prices in February.