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Our annual National Survey of Employers (NSE) collects data on workplace practices in New Zealand businesses within the context of current employment-focused legislation.

This report combines our labour market monitoring programme with the latest developments in the labour market to paint a summary of labour market trends up to the latest quarter.

The monthly labour market fact sheets have summarised high-frequency and timely data and surveys with a focus around the impact of COVID-19 on the labour market since July 2020.

Our analysis and commentary from our labour market forecasting programme informs New Zealand employers and government policy.

• Estimating Labour Market Activity post COVID-19
• Short-term employment forecasts 2017-2020 - February 2018
• Short-term employment forecasts 2017-2020 – May 2017
• Medium to long-term employment outlook: Looking ahead to 2028
• Medium to long-term employment outlook: Looking ahead to 2026

The National Survey of Employment Intentions (NSEI) is a new survey which reports on changes in workforce size and composition, and workforce arrangements, since 22 March 2020. It also measures employers’ future intentions.

• Final report
• First survey wave

The Labour Market Scorecard was a quarterly update of labour market statistics and indicators. It provided an overview of the state of the labour market.

This section has older reports that we are no longer updating or producing regularly including reports on the Canterbury labour market, low pay and labour market trends for Māori and Pacific peoples.

• Canterbury labour market and skills shortage data
• Low pay in New Zealand report
• Māori labour market trends
• Pacific Peoples labour market trends
• Underutilisation