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The official unemployed rates are an internationally
recognised figure for unemployment based on the
Household Labour Force Survey run by Statistics
New Zealand.
These are the latest figures for September 1998.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYED
DROP IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
RISE IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
REGIONS WITH A DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT
REGIONS WITH NO CHANGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
REGIONS WITH A RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
PEOPLE REGISTERED
NOTIFIED VACANCIES
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN NEW ZEALAND
FALL IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST YEAR
SECTORS WITH A RISE IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
SECTORS WITH A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
LOSS OF FULL-TIME EMPLOYED
LOSS OF PART-TIME EMPLOYED
"Those without a job
These are the statistics that are more commonly used
by community workers and employment activists in New
Zealand because they more accurately reflect the
people who are their concern or clients.
These "Jobless" figures are also based on the
Household Labour Force Survey run by Statistics NZ,
but include a wider definition of unemployment,
usually referred to "those without a job and wanting
a job".
According to Statistics NZ, the difference between
the official "unemployment" figures and the "jobless
figures" is that many of the people on the jobless
measurement are available for work, but not actively
seeking it.
The reasons for not actively seeking work range from
people being discouraged because they lack the skills
needed, or were the wrong age, or that the right work
was not available in their area, or they were only
looking for jobs in their newspaper. This measurement
also includes those actively seeking work but not yet
available for it.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF JOBLESS IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF JOBLESS
DROP IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
RISE IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE
MAORI RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
PACIFIC ISLAND RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
NZ EUROPEAN (PAKEHA)RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
MATURE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 6 months)
LONGER-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 2 years)
VERY LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED (over 5 years)
TOTAL EFFECT OF THE SCHEMES
PERCENT OF OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYED
Official Unemployment in NZ
Registrations at NZ Employment Service
The Employed
Full-time and part-time
Global Unemployment Rates
Officially Jobless
Labour Force Participation Rate
Race / Ethnic Unemployment
Age Rates and Long-term Unemployment
The Schemes and Subsidised Jobs
September 1998 seasonally adjusted
138,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
September 1998 seasonally adjusted
7.4%
OR ONE IN 14 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
July 1998 to September 1998
5,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
September 1997 to September 1998
13,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
September 1998NORTHLAND
10.4%
or one in 10 people
AUCKLAND
6.6%
or one in 13 people
WAIKATO
7.8%
or one in 13 people
BAY OF PLENTY
10.7%
or one in 9 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
10.1%
or one in 10 people
TARANAKI
6.6%
or one in 15 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
8.0%
or one in 13 people
WELLINGTON
5.6%
or one in 18 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
5.9%
or one in 17 people
CANTERBURY
7.1%
or one in 14 people
OTAGO
7.0%
or one in 14 people
SOUTHLAND
8.6 %
or one in 12 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
July 98 to September 98
Northland
Auckland
Bay of Plenty
Waikato
Taranaki
Nelson/Malborough/
Tasman/West Coast
Canterbury
None
Wanganui/Manawatu
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Wellington
Otago
Southland
Source -- Statistics NZ
AT WORK & INCOME NZ
September 98
Figures unavailable
for month of September 98
Figures Unavailable
Source -- Work & Income NZ
September 98 Seasonally Adjusted
1,720,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
July 98 to September 98
NO CHANGE
September 97 to September 98
14,000 people
Social and Personal Services
Transport
Storage and Communication
Mining and Quarrying
Manufacturing
Business and Financial
Building and Construction
Electricity, Gas And Water
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Source -- Statistics NZ
IN THE PAST YEAR
September 97 to September 98
12,400 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
September 97 to September 98
800 people
...
Full-time
Part-time
Men
829,200 (88%)
107,800 (12%)
Women
491,100 (62%)
299,900 (38%)
Total
1,310,300
406,800
overall %
76%
24%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
19.4%
FRANCE
12.0%
ITALY
12.1%
CANADA
8.6%
GERMANY
10,0%
BRITAIN
7.1%
AUSTRALIA
8.2%
OECD AVERAGE
7.1%
NEW ZEALAND
7.4%
UNITED STATES
4.7%
JAPAN
3.6%
and wanting a job ..."
September 98
214,400 people
September 98
11.1%
OR ONE IN 9 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
July 98 to September 98
11,600
IN THE LAST YEAR
September 97 to September 98
26,900 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
September 98NORTHLAND
14.0%
or one in 7 people
AUCKLAND
10.2%
or one in 8 people
WAIKATO
11.9%
or one in 8 people
BAY OF PLENTY
15.3%
or one in 7 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
14.3%
or one in 7 people
TARANAKI
10.6%
or one in 9 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
11.9%
or one in 8 people
WELLINGTON
7.8%
or one in 13 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
10.6%
or one in 9 people
CANTERBURY
11.4%
or one in 9 people
OTAGO
11.3%
or one in 10 people
SOUTHLAND
12.6%
or one in 8 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
September 1998
65.0%
(down from 65.6% on last year)
Source -- Statistics NZ
September 1998
17.9%
or one in 6 Maori people
September 1998
15.4%
or one in 6 Pacific Island people
September 1998
5.4%
or one in 19 NZ European (Pakeha)people
By Ethnic Group
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
September 1998
17.1%
or one in 6 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
September 1998
4.8%
or one in 21 mature people
September 1998
53,100 people
38% or one in 3 of the unemployed
September 1998
12,100 people
9% or one in 11 of the unemployed
September 1998
9,300 people
7% or one in 15 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
ON UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
September 98 (latest available figures. Figures have been unavailable since January for a number of these categories)
Not available
ON A SCHEME OR SUBSIDISED WORK
June 98
Not available
TASKFORCE GREEN
Not available
JOB PLUS
Not available
JOB INTRO
Not available
JOB CONNECTION
Not available
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
Not available
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
with capitalisation
Not available
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME
(TOPS) COURSES)
15,923 people (September 98
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army/Navy)
581 people
CONSERVATION CORPS
760 people (September 98)
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
94 people (September98)
JOB LINK
(still counted as unemployed)
Not available
COMMUNITY TASKFORCE
(still counted as unemployed)
Not available
TOTAL
Not available
Source -- figures from Work &Income NZ, ETSA and Youth Affairs
September 98 (Figures from WINZ unavailable since Jan 98)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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