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Work in New Zealand

Best places to work in New Zealand

Best places to work in New Zealand

This chart is designed to help you find the best place to work for a while to help fund your New Zealand trip.

You may think that looking for work in the biggest city is your best bet, but not necessarily. You will have to compete with way more people to get a job in Auckland than in Queenstown, for example.

Check the chart below to learn about each New Zealand area:

New Zealand Regions Employment Data

Region

Employment Rate

Unemployment rate

Principal Industries

Northland

  • Far North
  • Whangarei
  • Kaipara

57%

9%

  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Retail Trade
  • Manufacturing
  • Education and Training
  • Accomodation and Food Services

Auckland

  • Auckland
  • Rodney
  • North Shore City
  • Waitakere
  • Parakura
  • Manakau City
  • Franklin

62%

8%

  • Manufacturing
  • Retail Trade
  • Professional Scientific and Technical services
  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Education and Training

Waikato

  • Thames
  • Coromandel
  • Franklin
  • Waikato District
  • Hamilton
  • Otorohonga
  • Waitomo
  • Taupo
  • Rotorua
  • South Waikato
  • Matamata Piako
  • Hauraki

64%

6.60%

  • Manufacturing
  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Retail Trade
  • Agriculture Foresty and Fishing
  • Education and Training

Bay of Plenty

  • Western BOP
  • Tauranga
  • Kawerau
  • Opotiki
  • Whakatane
  • Rotorua
  • Taupo

60%

7.80%

  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail Trade
  • Education and Training
  • Agriculture Foresty and Fishing

Gisborne

  • Gisborne city
  • Central valley
  • Aipaoa
  • Patutahi
  • Riverpoint
  • Mantuke

62%

7.60%

  • Agriculture Foresty and Fishing
  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Manufacturing
  • Education and Training
  • Retail Trade

Taranaki

  • New Plymouth
  • Stratlord
  • South Taranaki

64%

5.10%

  • Manufacturing
  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Retail Trade
  • Construction
  • Education and Training

Manawatu, Wanganui

  • Wanganui
  • Palmerston North
  • Horowhenua
  • Puapehu
  • Rangitikei
  • Manawatu
  • Tararua

62%

6.80%

  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Retail Trade
  • Manufacturing
  • Education and Training
  • Public Administration and Safety

Wellington

  • Kapiti Coast
  • Porirua
  • Wellington city
  • Lower Hutt
  • South Wairarapa
  • Carterton
  • Masterton
  • Upper Hutt

67%

5.70%

  • Public Administration and Safety
  • Professional Scientific and Technical services
  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Retail Trade
  • Education and Training

Tasman, Nelson

  • Motueka
  • Kaiteriteri
  • Karamea
  • Golden bay
  • Nelson

65%

4.20%

  • Agriculture Foresty and Fishing
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail Trade
  • Accomodation and Food Services
  • Health Care and Social Assistance

Marlborough

  • Havelock
  • Piction
  • Renwick
  • Spring Creek
  • Blenheim
  • Seddon
  • Clarence

65%

4.20%

  • Agriculture Foresty and Fishing
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail Trade
  • Accomodation and Food Services
  • Health Care and Social Assistance

West Coast

  • Westport
  • Glacier country
  • Greymouth
  • Hokitika
  • Haast
  • Okatiro

65%

4.20%

  • Agriculture Foresty and Fishing
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail Trade
  • Accomodation and Food Services
  • Health Care and Social Assistance

Canterbury

  • Hurunui
  • Selwyn
  • Ashburton
  • Mackenzie
  • Waimakariri
  • Christchurch City
  • Timaru
  • Waimafe

66%

5.50%

  • Manufacturing
  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Retail Trade
  • Education and Training
  • Accomodation and Food Services

Otago

  • Queenstown Lakes
  • Central Otago
  • Waitaki
  • Clutha
  • Dunedin

66%

4.50%

  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Retail Trade
  • Accomodation and Food Services
  • Education and Training
  • Manufacturing

Southland

  • Southland District
  • Gore
  • Invercargill
  • Stewart Island

69%

4.70%

  • Manufacturing
  • Agriculture Foresty and Fishing
  • Retail Trade
  • Health Care and Social Assistance
  • Accomodation and Food Services

How to use this chart?

Here is a few info about the chart above.

The Percentages:

  • If the percentages are as below, you have a good chance to get a job.
    • Employment rate: 65% or more
    • Unemployment rate: 5.5% or less
    • Evaluation: Excellent job market, no problem to get a job
  • If the percentages are as below, look at the principal industries and see if you are interested by those jobs.
    • Employment rate: Between 55% and 65%
    • Unemployment rate: Betwee 5.5% and 10%
    • Evaluation: Good market, entry level job easy to get
  • If the percentages are as below, it will be hard to get a job, consider another region.
    • Employment rate: 55% or lower
    • Unemployment rate: 10% or higher
    • Evaluation: Hard job market, qualifications required

The Area list the different part of the region.

The Principal industries states which are the industries that employ the most people in the region.