New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose to 5.1% in the December quarter, as was widely expected, with criticism targeted at the Government for failing to deliver job creation and economic growth.
While unemployment edged higher, the employment rate was at 67.4%, annual wage inflation fell to 3.3%,
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