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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 June 1998.
OFFICIAL NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IN NZ
OFFICIAL RATE OF UNEMPLOYED
RISE 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 3 MONTHS
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
GAIN 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
RISE 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
June 1998 seasonally adjusted
143,000 people
June 1998 seasonally adjusted
7.7%
OR ONE IN 13 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
April 1998 to June 1998
10,000 people
IN THE LAST YEAR
June 1997 to June 1998
20,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
June 1998NORTHLAND
10.8%
or one in 9 people
AUCKLAND
7.7%
or one in 13 people
WAIKATO
7.8%
or one in 13 people
BAY OF PLENTY
11.8%
or one in 8 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
8.6%
or one in 12 people
TARANAKI
7.9%
or one in 13 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
6.7%
or one in 15 people
WELLINGTON
5.2%
or one in 19 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
7.2%
or one in 14 people
CANTERBURY
7.6%
or one in 13 people
OTAGO
6.7%
or one in 15 people
SOUTHLAND
6.1%
or one in 15 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
in the last three months
April 98 to June 98
Wellington
Northland
Wanganui/Manawatu
Gisborne/Hawkes Bay
Canterbury
Otago
Waikato
Southland
Bay of Plenty
Taranaki
Auckland
Nelson/Malborough/
Tasman/West Coast
Source -- Statistics NZ
AT NZ EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
June 98
187,582 people
for month of March 98
Figures Unavailable
Source -- New Zealand Employment Service
June 98 Seasonally Adjusted
1,720,000 people
April 98 to June 98
13,000 people
June 97 to June 98
18,000 people
Manufacturing
Business and Financial
Transport
Storage and Communication
Building and Construction
Electricity, Gas And Water
Mining and Quarrying
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Social and Personal Services
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Source -- Statistics NZ
IN THE PAST YEAR
June 97 to June 98
23,300 people
IN THE PAST YEAR
June 97 to June 98
13,400 people
Full-time
Part-time
Men
836,600 (89%)
108,600 (11%)
Women
475,900 (62%)
295,000 (38%)
Total
1,312,700
403,600
overall %
76%
24%
Source -- Statistics NZ
SPAIN
20.6%
FRANCE
12.6%
ITALY
12.1%
CANADA
9.0%
GERMANY
9.9%
BRITAIN
7.1%
AUSTRALIA
6.7%
OECD AVERAGE
7.3%
NEW ZEALAND
7.7%
UNITED STATES
4.9%
JAPAN
3.4%
and wanting a job ..."
June 98
226,000 people
June 98
11.6%
OR ONE IN 9 PEOPLE
IN LAST THREE
MONTHS
April 98 to June 98
700
IN THE LAST YEAR
June 97 to June 98
36,000 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
June 98NORTHLAND
13.5%
or one in 7 people
AUCKLAND
11.5%
or one in 9 people
WAIKATO
11.7%
or one in 9 people
BAY OF PLENTY
17.7%
or one in 6 people
GISBORNE - HAWKES BAY
14.3%
or one in 7 people
TARANAKI
12.0%
or one in 8 people
WANGANUI - MANAWATU
12.5%
or one in 8 people
WELLINGTON
8.5%
or one in 12 people
NELSON - MARLBOROUGH TASMAN - WEST COAST
10.6%
or one in 9 people
CANTERBURY
12.0%
or one in 8 people
OTAGO
9.8%
or one in 10 people
SOUTHLAND
10.8%
or one in 9 people
Source -- Statistics NZ
June 1998
65.2%
(down slightly on last year)
Source -- Statistics NZ
June 1998
17.8%
or one in 6 Maori people
June 1998
16.9%
or one in 6 Pacific Island people
June 1998
5.5%
or one in 18 NZ European (Pakeha)people
Source -- Statistics NZ
-- AGED 15-19 YEARS
June 1998
17.9%
or one in 6 young people
-- AGED 50-65 YEARS
June 1998
4.1%
or one in 24 mature people
June 1998
43,200 people
30% or one in 3 of the unemployed
June 1998
8,900 people
6% or one in 16 of the unemployed
June 1998
3,100 people
2% or one in 46 of the unemployed
Source -- Statistics NZ
ON UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
June 98 (latest available figures. Reliable figures are unavailabel 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)
16,140 people (June 98
LIMITED SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
(Army/Navy)
581 people
CONSERVATION CORPS
1,667 people (March 98)
YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
249 people (March 98)
JOB LINK
(still counted as unemployed)
Not available
COMMUNITY TASKFORCE
(still counted as unemployed)
Not available
TOTAL
Not available
Source -- figures from NZ Employment Service, ETSA and Youth Affairs
June 98 (Figures from NZES only available to Jan 98)
is compiled by Shirley Vickery
and edited by Vivian Hutchinson
for the Jobs Research Trust.
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