Belief more redundancies are causing a rise in work ready Jobseekers

The Ministry of Social Development's September figures, show a yearly increase of 29-thousand people on a main benefit.

Minister Louise Upston describes rising unemployment as a consequence of years of high inflation, high government spending and economic recession.

Employment specialist, Jennifer Mills says there's also been a 33 percent drop in job advertisements in the last quarter - which shows there's not enough jobs.