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Story summary
- Boxing Day 2025 core retail spending declined 0.2% year over year to $4.702 billion.
- The West Coast posted a 29.4% decline in Boxing Day shopping from 2024.
- Wellington fell 28.7%, Taranaki 15.1%, Waikato 13.8%, and Northland/Auckland 11.6% in Boxing Day shopping.
- Food and drink spending rose 4.4% in December.
- Black Friday became New Zealand's busiest shopping day, and non-food spending fell 6.2% from the previous year.
