BREAKING NEWS: NZ Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.2% (+0.1%)
Stats NZ has just released the June 2025 quarter data, showing unemployment has edged up to 5.2% — the highest level since September 2020. Key stats:
📊 Men: 4.9%
📊 Women: 5.4%
📊 Total: 5.1%
Employment is a key driver of the economic cycle and a barometer of consumer confidence. A softening labour market increases the likelihood of interest rate cuts from the Reserve Bank as economic conditions cool.
NOTE: Interest rates price in future OCR moves — often well in advance.
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Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
🎉 2026 is almost here!
We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?
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0% Yes! New Year, New Me
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33.3% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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66.7% Nah - not for me
Poll: 🗑️ Would you be keen to switch to a fortnightly rubbish collection, or do you prefer things as they are?
Aucklanders, our weekly rubbish collections are staying after councillors voted to scrap a proposed trial of fortnightly pick-ups.
We want to hear from you: would you be keen to switch to a fortnightly rubbish collection, or do you prefer things as they are?
Keen for the details? Read up about the scrapped collection trial here.
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85% Same!
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15% Would have liked to try something different
Poll: Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?
🎁 Holiday Gift Chat!
Do you ever regift?
What’s your take on asking for a receipt if a gift doesn’t fit?
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78.7% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
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21.3% No. It's the thought and effort that matters
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