Releases / New Zealand
Household Labour Force Survey (unemployment, employment), New Zealand, quarterly release schedule and API
Stats NZ. Source: Stats NZ and licensed by Stats NZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
Next releases
| Release | UTC | Agency local time |
|---|---|---|
| LFS | 10:45 local (UTC+13:00) | |
| LFS | 10:45 local (UTC+12:00) |
From the agency's own calendar, as of 2026-11-13. Reschedules and cancellations are in the API.
How fast it reaches the API
| Release | Measured | Median | Fastest | Slowest | Missed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LFS | 1 | 1730.1 min | 1730.1 min | 1730.1 min | 0 |
Time from the agency publishing to the data being on our feed, for releases caught live in the last 30 days. Every release counts, including slow ones and misses.
Get it by API
Series ids: NZ.UNRATE.TOTAL.SA, NZ.EMP.TOTAL.SA.
# pip install econfeed-client
from econfeed_client import Client
ef = Client() # ECONFEED_API_KEY from the environment
for e in ef.calendar(days=90, source="nz_statsnz_lfs"):
print(e.scheduled_at, e.release_name, e.reference_period)
# add as_of= for what was known then
page = ef.observations("NZ.UNRATE.TOTAL.SA", start="2024-01")
# pushed seconds after release
for ev in ef.stream(sources=["nz_statsnz_lfs"]):
print(ev.type, ev.data.release_id)REST: GET /v1/calendar?source=nz_statsnz_lfs, GET /v1/series/NZ.UNRATE.TOTAL.SA/observations. Webhooks: filter on source nz_statsnz_lfs.