Stagnate Unemployment rate burns youth – why does this Government hate Auckland so much?
The Government is celebrating a 0.1% dip in unemployment while youth joblessness and city unemployment continue climbing. That’s not recovery. That’s drift.

The Government is celebrating a 0.1% dip in unemployment while youth joblessness and city unemployment continue climbing. That’s not recovery. That’s drift.

More Kiwis are out of work, wages are falling behind inflation and entire communities are being hit by closures. And Labour says National has no answer.

When every problem gets answered with “cut spending”, it’s not policy — it’s ideology.

Luxon promised fewer jobseekers. Instead, tens of thousands more Kiwis are out of work — and the numbers are still climbing.

Trump’s geopolitical madness won’t stay in the Middle East. It’s coming for your groceries, your mortgage, your job and every excuse this Government makes for staying silent.

Turns out the “recovery” wasn’t growth — it was a sugar hit. And now the crash is coming.

The Iran conflict could push NZ fuel prices up by 20–50 cents per litre — with inflation and unemployment rising.

The McCain Hastings closure is the latest in a string of job losses — and Labour says it’s part of a deeper economic problem.

Labour says the McCain closure in Hastings is the latest sign of a growing jobs crisis, with manufacturing layoffs and rising unemployment across New Zealand.
Are media cheerleaders ignoring cracks in New Zealand’s economy? Rising unemployment, weak retail and stalled infrastructure suggest deeper trouble.