Some building suppliers are already running out of stock as the effect of Auckland's Level 4 lockdown begins to bite in the rest of the country. The Building Industry Federation and others have expressed alarm that the Government will not give building suppliers an exemption to transport goods out of Auckland. RNZ Thousands of construction sites are re-opening today amid predictions that common building products could run out in just three days. BIF claims around 90 per cent of building suppliers are imported or made in Auckland and that building sites around the rest of the country could run out in days. The bigger driver of the shortages, in Brown’s view, stemmed from the global difficulties importing goods into the country.

Source: Stuff September 03, 2021 04:33 UTC