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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 March 1999.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYED
Fall 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
RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST 3 MONTHS
RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST YEAR
SECTORS WITH A RISE IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
DROP IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYED
DROP IN 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
Fall IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
FALL IN NUMBER OF JOBLESS
LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE
Labour Force Participation Rate
Not in The Labour Force
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
March 1999 seasonally adjusted
135,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
March 1999 seasonally adjusted
7.2%
OR ONE IN 13 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
December 1998 to March 1999
8,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
March 1998 to March 1999
1,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 1999NORTHLAND
11.7%
or one in 9 people
AUCKLAND
6.9%
or one in 14 people
WAIKATO
9.6%
or one in 10 people
BAY OF PLENTY
11.3%
or one in 9 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
6.6%
or one in 15 people
TARANAKI
6.7%
or one in 15 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
7.1%
or one in 14 people
WELLINGTON
6.5%
or one in 15 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
6.1%
or one in 16 people
CANTERBURY
7.6%
or one in 13 people
OTAGO
7.5%
or one in 13 people
SOUTHLAND
5.8 %
or one in 17 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
December 98 to March 99
Northland
Bay of Plenty
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Taranaki
Wellington
Canterbury
Southland
None
Auckland
Waikato
Wanganui/Manawatu
Nelson/Malborough/
Tasman/West Coast
Otago
Source -- Statistics NZ
AT WORK & INCOME NZ
March 99
Figures unavailable
for month of March 99
Figures Unavailable
Source -- Work & Income NZ
March 99 Seasonally Adjusted
1,741,100 people
Seasonally adjusted
December 98 to March 99
15,000
March 98 to March 99
9,000 people
Due to a change in the way sector categories are classified by Statistics NZ we are unable to compare sectors with previous years to show changes in levels of employment
IN THE PAST YEAR
March 98 to March 99
19,000 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
March 98 to March 99
30,000 people
...
Full-time
Part-time
Men
842,000 (88%)
111,400 (12%)
Women
493,100 (63%)
294,500 (37%)
Total
1,335,100
405,900
overall %
77%
23%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
18.6%
FRANCE
11.9%
ITALY
12.3%
CANADA
8.3%
GERMANY
9.5%
AUSTRALIA
8.2%
NEW ZEALAND
7.2%
OECD AVERAGE
7.0%
BRITAIN
6.3%
UNITED STATES
4.6%
JAPAN
4.3%
and wanting a job ..."
March 99
221,000 people
March 99
11.3%
OR ONE IN 9 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
December 98 to March 99
4,600
IN THE LAST YEAR
March 98 to March 99
13,600 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 99NORTHLAND
18.2%
or one in 5 people
AUCKLAND
10.2%
or one in 10 people
WAIKATO
13.6%
or one in 7 people
BAY OF PLENTY
16.4%
or one in 6 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
11.1%
or one in 9 people
TARANAKI
10.7%
or one in 9 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
10.6%
or one in 9 people
WELLINGTON
9.5%
or one in 11 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
9.5%
or one in 11 people
CANTERBURY
11.2%
or one in 9 people
OTAGO
12.0%
or one in 8 people
SOUTHLAND
9.6%
or one in 10 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 1999
65.4%
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 1999
19.0%
or one in 5 Maori people
March 1999
14.5%
or one in 7 Pacific Island people
March 1999
5.6%
or one in 18 NZ European (Pakeha)people
By Ethnic Group
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
March 1999
17.9%
or one in 6 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
March 1999
5.2%
or one in 19 mature people
March 1998
47,300 people
35% or one in 3 of the unemployed
March 1999
11,600 people
9% or one in 12 of the unemployed
March 1999
2,800 people
2% or one in 48 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
ON UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
March 99 (latest available figures. Figures are unavailable until May 20 for MOST of these categories)
Not available
ON A SCHEME OR SUBSIDISED WORK
March 99
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)
9,230 people (March 99
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army/Navy)
Not available
CONSERVATION CORPS
1565 people (May 99)
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
260 people (May 99)
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
March 99 (Figures from WINZ unavailable until May 20)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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