Public service leads rise in job numbers
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Surprise over jobs in the public service rising, despite cuts planned by the Government.
Seasonally-adjusted Stats NZ data shows filled jobs rose 0.3 percent last month - and 0.7 percent for the past year.
The most jobs were in the public sector, with more than six-thousand jobs created in the year to May.
Infometrics Economist Rob Heyes says there's still plenty of work to do in the public sector, especially in health and education.
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