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Year	Number of Registered Unions
1860	
1862	2
1863	
1864	
1865	
1866	
1867	
1868	
1869	
1870	6
1871	
1872	
1873	
1874	
1875	
1876	
1877	
1878	
1879	
1880	37
1881	
1882	
1883	
1884	
1885	
1886	
1887	
1888	
1889	
1890	120
1891	
1892	
1893	
1894	
1895	
1896	
1897	
1898	
1899	
1900	175
1901	202
1902	215
1903	242
1904	256
1905	245
1906	258
1907	290
1908	302
1909	308
1910	308
1911	307
1912	322
1913	372
1914	403
1915	389
1916	368
1917	382
1918	370
1919	378
1920	406
1921	418
1922	415
1923	415
1924	402
1925	397
1926	395
1927	401
1928	403
1929	409
1930	416
1931	405
1932	400
1933	407
1934	404
1935	410
1936	487
1937	499
1938	466
1939	442
1940	427
1941	419
1942	416
1943	397
1944	394
1945	382
1946	374
1947	373
1948	374
1949	372
1950	370
1951	415
1952	415
1953	412
1954	413
1955	410
1956	413
1957	411
1958	405
1959	399
1960	398
1961	395
1962	391
1963	379
1964	380
1965	372
1966	373
1967	372
1968	366
1969	359
1970	353
1971	346
1972	331
1973	305
1974	302
1975	292
1976	292
1977	292
1978	289
1979	277
1980	265
1981	258
1982	255
1983	248
1984	239
1985	233
1986	227
1987	206
1988	208
1989	170
1990	104
1991	66
1992	58
1993	67
1994	82
1995	82
1996	83
1997	80
1998	83
1999	82
2000	134
2001	165
2002	174
2003	181
2004	170
2005	175
2006	166
2007	169

Source: Department of Labour, www.dol.govt.nz

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