Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: The employment market is continuing to support the economy, with job ads rising in May. The SEEK New Zealand employment report increased 2.5 percent in May, compared with the previous month, to a record high and is up 40.4 percent for the year. BNZ's economists said the heightened job ads portray exceptionally strong demand for staff at present. They say that the demand for workers was reasonably widespread across regions and industries and is consistent with the official measure of New Zealand unemployment remaining exceptionally low, after the record low rate of 3.2 percent reported for the March quarter in 2022.