The latest official labour force survey showed that New Zealand’s unemployment rate lifted to 5.2% in Q2 2025, the highest rate since Q4 2016. New Zealand’s underutilisation rate, which combines unemployment and underemployment, also surged, indicating a significant surplus capacity in the labour market. On Thursday, Statistics New Zealand released its filled jobs survey, which
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