WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand seasonally adjusted wholesale sales climbed 1.1 percent in the third quarter, its sixth rise in a row, Statistics New Zealand data showed on Thursday.
Growth had eased a little from the previous quarter when sales grew 1.6 percent as vehicle parts fell 3.6 percent.
Actual wholesale sales were 6.2 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago.
Those gains were led by groceries and alcohol, which jumped 2.8 percent from the previous quarter.
(Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield and Ana Nicolaci da Costa; Editing by Toby Chopra)
