Unemployment
'Easier to live in the islands' - Pasifika families hit hard by joblessness
15 May 2025
Advocates say hard times for the community are only getting harder as Pasifika families, "who suffer the most" are "struggling to make ends meet".
Pacific unemployment surges to nearly double national rate - report
8 May 2025
Labour slams the government over "shameful" figures showing Pacific joblessness climbing sharply.
Beehive doors shut to country's biggest worker group
17 Feb 2025
The Minister for Workplace Relations won't meet with the Council for Trade Unions.
Rising unemployment and a brain drain forecast for 2025
27 Jan 2025
A tough market for job seekers isn't set to improve until the second half of the year. Here's what that could mean.
Unemployment figures show 31,000 people hunting for jobs
1 May 2024
Just released figures show a steady climb in the unemployment rate that's cranked up to 4.3 percent for the March quarter, up from four percent in previous three months. Kiwi Bank chief economist… Audio
