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Wellington, Feb 4 (IANS) New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent in the December 2025 quarter, the highest since the September 2015 quarter when it was 5.7 per cent, Stats NZ reported Wednesday. The unemployment rate of 5.4 per cent was up from 5.3 per cent in the previous quarter, said the statistics department, Xinhua News Agency reported.The number of unemployed people rose by 5,000 to 165,000 over the quarter, while both employment and participation in the labour market increase…