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          "period": "2024-12-31",
          "start": "2024-10-01",
          "value": 92922
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          "label": "Mar 2025 qtr",
          "period": "2025-03-31",
          "start": "2025-01-01",
          "value": 92412
        },
        {
          "end": "2025-06-30",
          "label": "Jun 2025 qtr",
          "period": "2025-06-30",
          "start": "2025-04-01",
          "value": 95178
        },
        {
          "end": "2025-09-30",
          "label": "Sep 2025 qtr",
          "period": "2025-09-30",
          "start": "2025-07-01",
          "value": 96468
        },
        {
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          "label": "Dec 2025 qtr",
          "period": "2025-12-31",
          "start": "2025-10-01",
          "value": 98637
        },
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          "label": "Mar 2026 qtr",
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          "start": "2026-01-01",
          "value": 96852
        },
        {
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          "label": "Jun 2026 qtr",
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          "start": "2026-04-01",
          "value": 98181
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      "source_label": "JS - last 5 years | Jobseeker Support - Health Condition or Disability",
      "title": "Jobseeker Support – health condition or disability",
      "unit": "number"
    }
  ],
  "source": {
    "edition": "June 2026",
    "id": "msd-benefits",
    "landing_url": "https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/statistics/benefit/",
    "licence": {
      "attribution": "Source: Ministry of Social Development, Benefit fact sheets, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Figures compiled across releases by NZ in Numbers.",
      "checked_on": "2026-10-10",
      "evidence": "Read directly from https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/tools/copyright-statement.html",
      "exclusions": "Logos, emblems, trade marks, photography, imagery and website design elements are not covered.",
      "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",
      "reuse": "open-licence",
      "status": "confirmed",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
    },
    "name": "Benefit fact sheets: national benefit tables",
    "organisation": "Ministry of Social Development (MSD)"
  },
  "title": "Jobseeker Support recipients by work readiness",
  "topic": "jobs-and-welfare"
}