Spending longer than a year on Jobseeker

Percentage of total Jobseeker recipients per region who had spent longer than a year on the benefit as of the Dec 2023 quarter.

Northland
63%
West Coast
61%
Waikato
60%
Auckland
58.5%
Manawatū-Whanganui
58%
Bay of Plenty
57%
Wellington
57%
Marlborough
56%
Tasman
56%
Taranaki
55.5%
Nelson
55%
Canterbury
54.5%
Gisborne
54%
Hawke's Bay
51.6%
Otago
50%
Southland
49%
Chart: NZ Herald Source: Ministry of Social Development Get the dataCreated with Datawrapper