Treasury says NZ has come through the financial crisis in better shape than most of its traditional trading partners.

Britain's employers plan to continue shedding jobs.

New Zealand's unemployment rate has climbed to its highest level since the so-called "winter of discontent" in 2000.

The unemployment rate rose to a nine-year high 6.5 per cent in the September quarter.

Double accounting major forced to go on the dole after job-seeking desperation.