New Zealand's unemployment rate is unchanged at 3.4 percent.

Stats NZ has just released the March 2023 quarterly figure, which hasn't budged since the December 2022 figure.

Economists had picked the rate would stay close to record lows.

NZ Herald Business Editor at Large Liam Dann joined Kerre Woodham to break down the figures.

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New Zealand's unemployment rate is unchanged at 3.4 percent.
Stats NZ has just released the March 2023 quarterly figure, which hasn't budged since the December 2022 figure.
Economists had picked the rate would stay close to record lows.
NZ Herald Business Editor at Large Liam Dann joined Kerre Woodham to break down the figures.
LISTEN ABOVE

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