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Economy · New Zealand

Unemployment in New Zealand: 5.7%

First reported 14 days ago, last report 11 days ago. 9 independent reports in 10 articles from 7 publishers.

Summary

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Who reported it

Outlets based in 2 countries New Zealand 5China 1 country not known 1

Languages English 7

Counted in outlets, not articles. An outlet's country comes from Wikidata or from its web address (.de, .co.uk); outlets on .com and other open endings count as not known.

What the reports establish

Unemployment rate · September 2026 Confirmed

The unemployment rate was 5.7% in September 2026, according to 7 independent reports.

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7 independent reports give it and no better-supported figure disagrees.

5.7% · 7 independent reports · accepted

7 independent reports give it and no better-supported figure disagrees

Jobs added · September 2026 One report

One report says: employers added 7,227 jobs in September 2026.

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Only one report gives a figure.

7,227 · 1 independent report · not accepted

Only one report gives it

Wage growth One report

One report says: average earnings grew 2.1% on a year earlier.

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Only one report gives a figure.

2.1% · 1 independent report · not accepted

Only one report gives it

All coverage, oldest first

Each report links to the original. Copies of the same text (a wire story run by several sites) are grouped under the first.

  1. NEWS WIRE newswire.co.nz First reported
  2. investingLive investinglive.com
  3. NZ Herald nzherald.co.nz
  4. Otago Daily Times odt.co.nz
  5. scoop.co.nz scoop.co.nz
  6. scoop.co.nz scoop.co.nz
  7. ZB nzherald.co.nz
  8. english.news.cn english.news.cn
    Also run by 1 other site
  9. NEWS WIRE newswire.co.nz Latest report

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