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New Zealand's unemployment rate increased by 0.1 of a percentage point to 3.8 per cent in the March quarter, Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) said today.
Employment increased by 25,000, or 1.2 per cent, during the quarter to reach 2.14 million, the highest level recorded since the Household Labour Force Survey started in 1986.
The number of people in the labour force increased strongly to 2.23m, the highest level ever recorded by the survey, SNZ said.
The labour force participation rate increased by 0.6 of a percentage point to 68.6 per cent.
- NZPA
