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Article No. 5705

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Roy Morgan NZ Unemployment June Quarter (8.0%). Unemployment highest in Labour Electorates of Manukau East, Manurewa, Mangere and Dunedin North while lowest in National electorates of Selwyn, Kaikoura & Rangitata Roy Morgan New Zealand Unemployment is 8.0% in the June Quarter 2014 – this is considerably lower than when National won a second term in office at the 2011 NZ Election – NZ Unemployment in the December Quarter 2011 was 9.4%. The fall in unemployment over the past two- and-a-half years is a very positive indicator for Key and the National-led Government heading into the NZ Election. Analysing Roy Morgan NZ Unemployment by electorate over the period

since the last NZ Election (since December 2011) shows unemployment

has averaged 8.6% over this period. There is a clear trend that emerges E E when looking at the map – unemployment clearly higher in the more densely populated North Island than the more rural South Island. Unemployment is highest in the Labour electorates of Manukau East (17.9%), Manurewa (17.4%), Mangere (15.9%) – all in the Auckland metropolitan area. Unemployment is also high in the new electorate of Kelston (13.0%) and the Labour electorates of Dunedin North (12.6%) and Mt. Roskill (11.7%). The National electorate with the highest unemployment is New Zealand’s northernmost electorate of Northland (11.6%).

E RELEASE E In contrast, unemployment is lowest in the South Island electorates of Selwyn (3.5%), Kaikoura (4.5%), Rangitata (4.7%), Clutha-Southland (4.8%), Waitaki (5.4%) and Waimakariri (5.5%) and the wealthy Auckland electorate of North Shore (4.9%) – all held by National. The only Labour electorate with consistently lower unemployment is Labour’s only rural electorate, the South Island electorates of West Coast Tasman (5.5%). NEW ZEALAND ELECTORATES (64) & MAORI ELECTORATES (7) Manukau East – 17.9 Rotorua – 9.8 Wigram – 7.7 West Coast-Tasman – 5.5 Manurewa – 17.4 Hutt South – 9.7 Taranaki-King County – 7.5 Waimakariri – 5.5 Mangere – 15.9 Auckland Central – 9.6 Dunedin South – 7.4 Waitaki – 5.4 Kelston – 13.0 Te Atatu – 9.6 Coromandel – 7.3 North Shore – 4.9 Dunedin North – 12.6 Pakuranga – 9.4 New Plymouth – 7.2 Clutha-Southland – 4.8 Mt. Roskill – 11.7 Wairarapa – 9.2 Rodney – 7.0 Rangitata – 4.7 Northland – 11.6 Botany – 9.1 Wellington Central – 7.0 Kaikoura – 4.5 Mana – 11.2 Rimutaka – 9.0 Mt. Albert – 7.0 Selwyn – 3.5

FOR FOR IMMEDIATERELEAS Whanganui – 11.1 Christchurch Central – 8.9 Christchurch East – 6.9

FOR FOR IMMEDIAT Whangarei – 10.9 Palmerston North – 8.8 Ohariu – 6.9 Tamaki – 10.8 Hamilton East – 8.6 East Coast Bays – 6.9 Upper Harbour – 10.5 NZ Unemployment – 8.6 Tauranga – 6.6 MAORI ELECTORATES (7) Maungakiekie – 10.5 Port Hills – 8.5 Waikato – 6.6 Tamaki Makaurau – 11.5 Papakura – 10.4 East Coast – 8.5 Ilam – 6.4 Ikaroa-RawhitI – 9.3 New Lynn – 10.4 Bay of Plenty – 8.3 Rongotai – 6.3 Te Tai Hanuauru – 9.0 Tukituki – 10.3 Napier – 8.3 Epsom – 6.1 Waiariki – 8.8 Taupo – 10.2 Northcote – 8.1 Hunua – 6.1 Te Tai Tokerau – 8.8 Hamilton West – 10.2 Rangitikei – 7.9 Nelson – 5.8 Hauraki-Waikato – 8.2 Otaki – 9.8 Helensville – 7.8 Invercargill – 5.8 Te Tai Tonga – 6.5 These figures are based on interviews with 72,817 New Zealanders aged 14+ between December 2011 and April 2014. The Maori electorates are not represented in the NZ Electorate Map.

Electorate Colour Code for Parties National Labour Maori Party New Seats ACT NZ United Future Mana Party

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