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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 2000.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYED
FALL 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 3 MONTHS
RISE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN JOBS IN LAST YEAR
SECTORS WITH A RISE IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
GAIN IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYED
LOSS 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
RISE 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)
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 2000 seasonally adjusted
120,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
March 2000 seasonally adjusted
6.4%
OR ONE IN 16 PEOPLE
RISE IN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
December 1999 to March 2000
1,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
March 1999 to March 2000
14,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 2000NORTHLAND
9.0%
or one in 11 people
AUCKLAND
6.5%
or one in 15 people
WAIKATO
7.7%
or one in 13 people
BAY OF PLENTY
7.2%
or one in 14 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
6.9%
or one in 14 people
TARANAKI
9.8%
or one in 10 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
6.7%
or one in 15 people
WELLINGTON
6.3%
or one in 16 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
4.9%
or one in 20 people
CANTERBURY
5.9%
or one in 17 people
OTAGO
6.5%
or one in 15 people
SOUTHLAND
6.5 %
or one in 15 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
December 99 to March 2000
Bay of Plenty
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Wanganui/Manawatu
Nelson/Malborough/
Tasman/West Coast
Canterbury
None
Northland
Auckland
Waikato
Taranaki
Wellington
Otago
Southland
AT WORK & INCOME NZ
December 99
Figures unavailable
for month of March 2000
Figures Unavailable
Source -- Work & Income NZ
March 2000 Seasonally Adjusted
1,765,000 people
Seasonally adjusted
December 1999 to March 2000
6,000
March 1999 to March 2000
23,900 people
Construction, Wholesale & Retail Trade, Transport, Storage & Communication, Business & Financial, Education, Health & Community Services
SECTORS WITH A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT IN LAST YEAR
Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Manufacturing
IN THE PAST YEAR
December 99 to March 2000
44,000 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
December 99 to March 2000
19,400 people
...
Full-time
Part-time
Men
866,200 (89%)
103,600 (11%)
Women
512,800 (64%)
282,900 (36%)
Total
1,379,100
386,500
overall %
78%
22%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
15.1%
ITALY
11.2%
FRANCE
10.5%
GERMANY
9.0%
CANADA
7.0%
AUSTRALIA
6.7%
OECD AVERAGE
6.6%
NEW ZEALAND
6.4%
BRITAIN
5.9%
JAPAN
4.7%
UNITED STATES
4.1%
and wanting a job ..."
March 2000
205,200 people
March 2000
10.4%
OR ONE IN 10 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
December 99 to March 2000
9,800
IN THE LAST YEAR
March 99 to March 2000
16,700 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 2000NORTHLAND
14.0%
or one in 7 people
AUCKLAND
10.1%
or one in 10 people
WAIKATO
10.9%
or one in 9 people
BAY OF PLENTY
12.4%
or one in 8 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
11.4%
or one in 9 people
TARANAKI
12.9%
or one in 8 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
12.7%
or one in 8 people
WELLINGTON
9.3%
or one in 11 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
8.2%
or one in 12 people
CANTERBURY
9.4%
or one in 11 people
OTAGO
9.5%
or one in 11 people
SOUTHLAND
10.5%
or one in 10 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 2000
65.3%
Source -- Statistics NZ
March 2000
14.6%
or one in 7 Maori people
March 2000
12.3%
or one in 8 Pacific Island people
March 2000
5.0%
or one in 20 NZ European (Pakeha) people
By Ethnic Group
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
March 2000
18.3%
or one in 5 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
March 2000
4.7%
or one in 21 mature people
March 2000
48,400 people
40% or one in 2 of the unemployed
March 2000
9,900 people
8% or one in 12 of the unemployed
March 2000
3,200 people
3% or one in 38 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
TASKFORCE GREEN
1,095
JOB PLUS
4,735
JOB PLUS MAORI
144
JOB CONNECTION
388
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
120
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE
with capitalisation
214
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME
(TOPS) COURSES)
8,071 people (March Quarter)
YOUTH TRAINING (SKILL NZ )
5,161 people (March Quarter)
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army, March Quarter) )
86 people
CONSERVATION CORPS
1,650 people
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
195 people
COMMUNITY WORK
(still counted as unemployed)
5,035
Source -- figures from Work & Income NZ, Skill NZ and Youth Affairs
(Figures as at the end of March 2000)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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