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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.