WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s economic growth remained “solid” in the January-March quarter as strong construction offset the struggling dairy and mining sectors, official data showed.

Statistics New Zealand said the economy expanded 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2016, up slightly on expectations of 0.5 percent.

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