The economy contracted sharply in the second quarter of the year and GDP has now fallen in 3 of the last 5 quarters.
Stats NZ says gross domestic product, a broad measure of growth, fell 0.9 percent in the three months ended June, following a rise of 0.9 percent in the first quarter.
The numbers were higher than expectations. RNZ's business editor Gyles Beckford runs through the numbers.
Primary production was one of the sectors that led the decline in the second quarter GPD figures. Photo: RNZ
