Unemployment numbers just released show NZ's jobless rate has fallen from 6.9 per cent to 6.4 per cent - better than many were expecting.

A new national service looks ready to start next year to make sure every 16 or 17-year-old ends up in work or training after leaving school.

The median weekly income edged lower in the year to June, as more people started receiving money from the Government rose while the self-employed earned less and investment income fell.

Westin Hotel workers, organised by the Unite Union, have issued a press release saying they have "vowed to fight for every job".