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Unemployment, 1986–2016

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This graph shows the unemployment rate as a percentage for Māori compared to all workers as at December from 1986 to 2016. The mid-1980s saw a period where unemployment climbed significantly and by the early nineties Māori unemployment had soared to over 25%.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand: Infoshare

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Cybèle Locke, Ngā uniana – Māori and the union movement – Recession: 1970s–1990s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/22960/unemployment-1986-2016 (accessed 22 June 2026).

Story by Cybèle Locke, published 4 March 2010.