Job listings were almost back at their pre-Covid levels by the end of last year.
The job website, Seek, says listings increased 19 percent from the third to fourth quarters - though they are down by 7 percent on the same period in 2019.
Some provincial regions even recorded higher listing rates than before the pandemic.
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui spoke to Janet Faulding, Seek NZ's general manager.