New Zealand's job market may be losing steam, if the sites on which vacancies are advertised are anything to go by. Head of Trade Me Jobs Jeremy Wade said there had been signs for the past nine months that the job market was weakening. Auckland and Canterbury's listings were down 13.1 per cent and 10.3 per cent, respectively, while Wellington lifted 0.3 per cent. Wade said the start of 2019 was "brutal" for the Auckland job market. Seek said the IT sector made up 2.2 per cent of the total 8.1 growth in job ads reported in 2019.

Source: Stuff April 18, 2019 02:26 UTC