By the end of the 1980s, the rise in unemployment in New Zealand was dramatic. The registered unemployment rate fluctured between 3.8 and 5.5 over the very unstable period between 1980 and 1985 but then rose at an increasing rate to 11.8 per cent by 1990. The article looks at the labour market,...

This book explores the key role that place and location play in the operation of the labour market at a time when local context is becoming an integral part of the design and implementation of labour market policies